Step-by-Step

Home Funeral Instructions

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When Death Occurs 

Visual Flow Chart

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Dead Bodies the "Danger" That Doesn't Exist

(quotes from experts)

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When an Autopsy

 is required

 

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DIY Families of Veterans

have wonderful experiences coordinating burial directly with Utah State Veterans Cemetery WITHOUT a funeral director.

Provided FREE:

-the grave (spouses or dependent children $828),

-opening and closing (Internment)

-marker 

You BUY:

-a vault/grave liner (Beasley Monument is friendly to DIYers)

 

Hire Partial Mortuary Services if desired:   

Compare Prices AND Willingness of Mortuary to cooperate

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DEFINITIONS

"Zoomeral": For a free video course on hosting a virtual funeral:

 https://www.redesigningtheend.com/ 

Virtual options with better sound than Zoom:  https://willowise.com/

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Viewing: Mourners visit with the body on display.

Visitation: Mourners visit while casket closed or body not present at all (perhaps a single photo on display).

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Either can be held at home (for hours or days).  Or, just prior to starting time, at the location of ceremony.

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Funeral: a ceremonial meeting where the body is present.

Memorial: a ceremonial meeting where the body is not present.

 

Final Disposition: the place where the body is relinquished to the forces of nature (either a cemetery, a crematory, or the ocean).

 

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OBITUARIES

An alternative to newspaper prices of $500-$1500.  Get an Online Obituary AND/OR a Newspaper Obit anywhere in the country for $149 & up (be ready to fill in the form and paste your obit wording in there to get a price quote): https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/utah

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Advantages to DIY:

• You can take your time with your goodbye.

• The stress of cost is reduced.

• No one is trying to sell you anything.

• The body looks more natural and doesn't smell like embalming chemicals (embalming facts).

• A body can remain 24 hrs/day in your care (with proper cooling) until final disposition.

• Transporting across state lines is easy. You are not required to have a body embalmed for this (unless you hire a Utah Funeral Director since THEIR Licensure requires it of THEM).

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THE LAW

No law requires you to follow State Licensure Rules for Hairdressers when you cut your family's hair. Neither Federal nor State law requires family and friends who serve without pay to follow State Licensure Rules for Funeral Directors in the care of dead loved ones.

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