looking for reasonable cremation authority?
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Check your local cremation society, or a local funeral parlor.
302807
Depends totally on local ordinances (zoning) [I'm a former funeral director]
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Cremation survey\nThe Cremation Association of North America surveyed family members of more than 124,000 people cremated in the United States during 1996-97. Here is what the association found:\n\nAge: The median age of a cremated person was 74 years old.\n\nRace: 88 percent of people cremated were white, 6 percent black, 3 percent Asian and 3 percent Hispanic.\n\nReligious affiliation: 58 percent were Protestant, 26 percent Catholic, 11 percent Buddhist, 3 percent Jewish, and 2 percent Hindu.\n\nCremation container: 16 percent were placed in a casket, 3 percent in a body bag or wrapping, 1 percent in no container and 80 percent in an alternative container.\n\nDisposition of remains: 41 percent were taken to a cemetery, 36 percent taken home to be kept or scattered later, 18 percent scattered as directed outside of a cemetery, and 5 percent not picked up from the crematory.\n\nDirected locations for scattered remains: 73 percent over water, 27 percent over land.\n\nPercentage of cremations in which the remains were scattered: 24.\n\nService prior to cremation: 33 percent yes, 67 percent no.\n\nMemorial service after cremation: 44 percent yes, 56 percent no\n\nhttp://www.cremation.com/whycremation/survey/\nhttp://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2004/0930/local/stories/03local.htm\n\nIf not, sorry. i would see a local funeral home, they will help you with anything you need
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According to the Federal Trade Commission, no state can mandate embalming, therefore there are no state laws anywhere that require embalming of a dead human body, unless there is to be a public visitation or if there isn't refridgeration available until the cremation can take place, only then is embalming required.
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There's more money to be made in burials than in cremations.  That's the main reason.
576854
Take the will to the courthouse in the county where the deceased person resided.  There should be a court office set up for helping people in your situation.  In my state its called the Probate Court. They will probate the will and give out documents that will allow the executor (person designated by the deceased person to wrap up his affairs) to go to banks etc. and do whatever the deceased person could have done if still alive.  Its usually just a matter of filing forms.  I would avoid the expense of a lawyer unless the estate is complex or you anticipate litigation amongst family members.
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You'll probably need an attorney because they have more resources and will know more about what is realistic. Be prepared to pay for the investigation. They will also need to know dates, bank names, anything you can tell them.\n\nYou can start yourself if you want to try by checking the local probate courts that would have been used - that would be where she was when she died, most probably. The probate will be public record.
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Different states have different laws on this issue.  Your remains will be cremated after they are used as teaching tools for up and coming doctors.  It's fascinating!  The people I have known who did donate themselves were very sick; many surgeries and disease processes that will educate others.  It doesn't cost anything where we live and they come to get the body once that person has passed on.  They are very respectful.  Most folks have a memorial ceremony because they really don't have a time schedule on the use of the cadavar.  You can call the state you're in to find out more; or even call a hospice facility about body donation and they give you more detailed information.  Godloveya.
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You will need an attorney and he will have to obtain a warrant to exhume a body.If you suspect this is racial notify the office of civil rights.I just looked at the web site and i am horrified that any man could be beaten by the cops like that.I emailed the lawyer to see how i could help.I feel so sorry for your family.I lost a daughter in dec.2005 unexpectedly and I know how they feel.I am going to email the district attorney in Harrison county.So sorry
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many universities accept body donations, but there is often a fee associated with the pick-up, cremation, etc.  The best site I've found (and the one with which I signed up) is http://www.anatomicgift.com/ - fill out an address  form and they will send you more information by mail
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Well that's up to the kids. Do you mean as far as a burial or cremation? I mean what are you asking? If the person had nothing when they died there is nothing for the kids to get but debt when they bury them. If the Kids don't want to do that the state will put them in a paupers grave some place.
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You would need to call the cemetary office where the body is buried OR the one you want to have the body reburied at.
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that's pretty simple. Just ask whoever is in charge at the cemetery. They should know the answer. You could also plant a tree of remembrance in your own yard. My thoughts and prayers are with you in your difficult time.
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Call your local health office or the Office of the Medical Investigator in your area. Ours happens to be connected to the local university. They should have some resources for you. You would probably start as a morph tech, which means, taking care of valuables, taking pictures of the deceased, etc. Pretty cool!!!
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Contact the coroner's office.
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Such an event was not published in the press, see link 1.\n\nPossibility: phone the cemetery directly, see link 2.
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Who is he?\nContact the local paper in that area and ask the obituaries desk.