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March 28, 2008
Don't Die In Michigan
Don’t Die In Michigan
You’ve decided.
A typical, rather modest funeral in Michigan costs between $8,000 and $10,000 when you add up funeral home charges, embalming, casket, burial plot, etc.
So you say: ‘Hey, Gertrude, honey, just cremate my remains. Have a simple memorial service later at home or church.’
Not so fast. Not so easy.
Whether you die at home, in the hospital, at the nursing home or in a car accident, if your body goes to a funeral home, you’re gonna pay for a casket.
Burial or no burial. Cremation or no cremation.
It’s Michigan law, thanks to the power of the funeral home lobby.
There are other options. But you won’t hear about them from the funeral home director.
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