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Originally Posted by cellophane
I had a thought: how do the chemicals that are added to the body for funeral/autopsy stuff effect the burning?
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I'm only fairly familiar with local law, but as I understand it, while a funeral home is not obligated to tell you upfront that embalming the body is neither necessary nor required before cremation, it is illegal for them to lie when asked. I guess that leaves them a fairly big loophole because, really...who thinks of such things as they're making these kinds of arrangements?
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Originally Posted by raeanna74
I actually considered becoming a mortician. From what I hear it's really good money.
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Again, as I understand it...local morticians do just fine because the area where I live is a retirement community, so...(and this sounds kind of crass...)there's a lot of work to be done and only two privately owned funeral homes to do it all. So local guys do just fine.
In larger cities you have to be in charge of or independently own a 'franchisee' to make 'really good money.' Private funeral homes are typically underbid by 'chain-type' funeral home conglomerates and subsequently understaffed and underpaid.