And when our spirit takes flight, we lay our bodies down....our ashes may be carried away on the wind, but return to the birthing ground..they return to the birthing ground.

~ Magpie ~

Rebekah Benner

Home-based Funeral Consultant, Chaplain,

Grief Recovery Specialist

Ruth Devereaux, NP

Home-based Funeral Consultant

Facts about End-of Life Choices:

• The deceased may remain at the home for the wake, showing, vigil or funeral. With the proper documents, you do not need a funeral director to file for a death certificate, disposition of body and body transport. Embalming is a choice, not a law.
• Caskets may be purchased for as little as $75 for a biodegradable cardoard casket. You may also use a home-made or artisan-crafted casket.
• Concrete vaults are used to keep the landscaping in the cemetery level; use of them are not state law. Of course it may be a requirement of the cemetery.
• You may be able to be buried on your property; it is up to the particular zoning of your state/county/city.
• An Ohio death record may be established without assistance from a funeral home or funeral director.
  

RESOURCES

Nora Cedarwind Young,  West Coast Consultant

www.thresholdsoflife.org