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Once rare, cremation is becoming the new norm...

5/27/2017

 

Written by Peter Smith and posted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette here's an article on the trend towards cremations:

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Peter Smith
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
petersmith@post-gazette.com
9:27 PM
May 27, 2017
​When Scott Beinhauer’s forebears expanded their funeral business in 1921 with a location just south of the then-new Liberty Tunnel, they added a rare piece of equipment: a crematory.

For nearly a century it stood as the second-oldest crematory in use in the nation, although it would have received only occasional use for its first few decades, when more than 95 percent of Americans were still opting for burial.

That began to change in the 1960s, and now the nation has reached a cultural tipping point, with cremations out numbering burials. The Memorial Day tradition of paying respects for the departed are increasingly taking place in columbariums rather than graveyards.

The Beinhauer funeral home on the Dormont-Beechview line has responded to the trend by replacing its historic crematory with a state-of-the-art one with computerized controls — and by expanding the chapel and family waiting area around it so that relatives can be there during the process and participate if they choose.

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How to Die in Portland

5/20/2017

 

Here is a link to the article noted by Ciara Dolan, posted in the Portland Mercury.
It's clear, comprehensive and informative...with some lovely illustrations. Definitely worth reading.

The article begins..."You and everyone you know will die. Thinking about our mortality can be terrifying, which is probably why we’re so averse to discussing the objective realities of death."

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