Too Poor to Die? Some Solutions for a Funeral
CNN Money today ran a report on a Detroit morgue where bodies were beginning to pile up from various results of the recession. Without jobs, people cannot afford a cremation, let alone the cost of a traditional burial. So, they leave the bodies at the city morgue, where – eventually – funds derived from various sources (including from other taxpayers) will allow the city to dispose of the human remains.
Filed under: Alternatives, Cremation, Death & Dying, Death Care News, Funeral Arrangements, Plan Your Own on October 1st, 2009 | No Comments »