Doing your own funeral video
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Al, always a take-charge individual, was combating his cancer and the time when he was relatively well, gave him the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of his life, and how he wanted to be remembered. He planned his funeral event through video, which surprised many people and saddened some of his family members, as they felt let down compared to how other-not-so-close people were addressed by Al.
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2004
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Why funeral?
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The distinctive characteristics of life in the early twenty-first century and the continuing bonds with all those who have experienced the loss of loved ones is referred along with the funerals of that time. The importance and effectiveness of funerals in the past compared to early twenty-first century are discussed.
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2004
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Funerals-R-Us: From funeral home to mega-industry
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The viewpoint from which a funeral director looks at the funeral and the sacred, secular, spiritual, emotional, social and practical duties and practices associated with it are described. It focuses on funeral homes being taken up as a business by big business houses.
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2004
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