Welcome! I created this informational website as a service project to my community. My hope is that the information and resources provided will inspire you to initiate your own discussion with your loved ones about any hopes, fears, and desires surrounding your own death. I attended Jerri Lyons of Final Passages Level I & Level II Death Midwifery and Home Funeral Guidance workshop.
My interest in home funerals and green burials began as a teenager. As a budding environmentalist and a teenage obsession with the poem, Thanatopsis, I naturally gravitated to those subjects. However, it was not until I moved to San Diego and discovered Thresholds (RIP Barbara Kernan), a home and family directed funeral business that my interest grew. I learned the reasons for the decline in home funerals in the United States. I also learned about the BUSINESS of the funeral industry and the questionable practices disreputable funeral homes take on grieving families.
With gratitude, Rebecca
My interest in home funerals and green burials began as a teenager. As a budding environmentalist and a teenage obsession with the poem, Thanatopsis, I naturally gravitated to those subjects. However, it was not until I moved to San Diego and discovered Thresholds (RIP Barbara Kernan), a home and family directed funeral business that my interest grew. I learned the reasons for the decline in home funerals in the United States. I also learned about the BUSINESS of the funeral industry and the questionable practices disreputable funeral homes take on grieving families.
With gratitude, Rebecca
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Please write to me if you have any questions or need assistance.
I have a selection of films related to home funerals that can be presented to groups. Films include:
The Most Excellent Dying of Theodore Jack Heckelman (1:09 hr)
Being Here Now: A Journey through Death and Dying (58 min)
A Family Undertaking ( A PBS documentary) (55 min)
Alice's Sacred Passage
