Did You Know…

• They now have urns that use state-of-the-art 3D imaging and photographs to create a bust type urn in the shape of the deceased.
• Green caskets are made from fully biodegradable products such as wood, wicker, willow, bamboo, sea grass, water hyacinth, banana leaves, corn skin, and paper.
• You can have a casket made in the shape of a kite, shoe, wine cork or surfboard.
• There are special caskets /shrouds for sea burial.
• You do not have to buy a casket at a funeral home.
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Photo courtesy of Linda Baker who just might be nuts but does love Halloween – so much so that she wants to be cremated in this coffin made by her husband Scott.

Notes & Updates

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The websites for goods and services are offered for your interest and exploration. The the act of posting them here is not an endorsement. There are some “goods and services” sites with whom I have had positive interaction and these sites are noted by the following: !!!

Interesting article. “Forget Coffins – Organic Burial Pods Will Turn Your Loved Ones Into Trees” http://www.boredpanda.com/biodegradable-burial-pod-memory-forest-capsula-mundi/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=roseynews

And another thing:    Family and friends attending a Taiwanese man’s memorial were shocked after they were treated to a sexy performance by two scantily-clad strippers – hired by the deceased’s own wife. The women gyrated around the coffin to Maroon 5’s Moves Like Jagger in front of the open-mouthed mourners. Oh boy! https://www.barstoolsports.com/undefined/wife-in-taiwan-hires-strippers-to-dance-on-her-husbands-casket-as-one-final-gift-before-hes-buried

Full Body Burial – Traditional Caskets

• Wedding Ring Coffin  WeddingringCoffin.com
• Caskets by Design  ://www.casketsbydesign.com/
• Funerals On-Line http://www.us-funerals.com/caskets.html
• Funeral Wise Tips for Buying a Casket  https://www.funeralwise.com/plan/funeral-products/caskets/7-tips-for-buying-online/

Full Body Burial – Non-traditional Caskets

• Bert & Bud’s Vintage Coffins coffin kits  !!! Note: The designer/builder has a masters degree from Pratt Institute and more than forty years experience in art and design. These coffins are artfully designed, exquisitely proportioned, finely crafted and personalized.  http://www.vintagecoffins.com/
• Nine weirdest coffins you can buy http://gizmodo.com/5910092/the-nine-weirdest-coffins-you-can-actually-buy
• Summit Ridge Custom Caskets Made by Native Americans  https://nativecaskets.com
• The Trappist monks of New Melleray Abbey  http://www.trappistcaskets.com/
• UK – Crazy Coffins http://www.crazycoffins.co.uk/
• Memorials.com Caskets personalized with pictures, angels, flags etc.   https://www.memorials.com/personalized-caskets.php
• GA Coffin Carpenters !!! http://www.eshopafrica.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?CatID=2072507

Reduce your carbon footprint by choosing the naturally biodegradable Ecopod. The earth will thank you.
The Ecopod is available in North America through the Natural Burial Company www.naturalburialcompany.com Photograph courtesy of ARKA Ecopod Limited  www.ecopod.co.uk

Books

• Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself (Schiffer Book for Woodworkers), by Dale L Power (Schiffer Publishing, December 31, 2000)
• Reimagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials by Lucinda Herring  (Author), David Spangler (Foreword), (North Atlantic Books, January 8, 2019)

Homemade Urns