Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, but could you hold the concrete, please? By Sandra A. Miller Globe Correspondent /March 1, 2009 Ruth Faas and Sue Cross watched attentively as the crimson ecopod decorated with the gold Aztec sun symbol was lowered into a grave at Mount Auburn Cemetery last May. Cemetery administrators had …
By the time Nate Fisher was laid to rest in a woodland grave sans coffin in the final season of Six Feet Under, Americans all across the country were starting to look outside the box when death came calling. Grave Matters follows a dozen such families who found in “green” burial a more natural, more …
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CROSSINGS is a home funeral and green burial resource center fostering the integration of dying and after-death care back to the family. There are affordable and environmentally responsible alternatives to conventional funeral and burial care. Educational, inspirational and practical tools for creating healing and honoring the passage of our loved ones. Click here to view …
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From time to time we are asked for information on planning a funeral. Here is a new book presenting a humorous approach to celebrating the life of a loved one or to be used to plan your own funeral. This review of this recently published book is by Nora Cedarwind Young, certified death midwife, green …
We have had several questions about winter burials Since there was very little frozen ground in the woods we were able to open and close the grave sites in winter. If this is not possible, most funeral homes have a cold room for temporary storage of remains without embalming.
The Cedar Brook Burial Ground Blog is now available for your mobile phone.
“Green Burial” is an interesting topic for those who wish to reduce the impact of burial on the earth. Peter and Joyce would be pleased to speak with you and your group about the options available. They have been invited to speak at adult education classes and at an adult retirement/assisted living facility as well …
Funeral advise you can trust We achieve this goal through consumer education and outreach, including group presentations, printed materials, personal consultations, Maine price surveys, information about Maine funeral laws, and membership benefits. We encourage members to discuss their after-death preferences with family, friends and/or trusted advisors. We provide speakers who are well-informed about all aspects …
Cedar Brook Burial Ground is open year round to visitors.
Wildlife roams Cedar Brook Burial Ground including this doe and her young.
