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Cremation. MSU Extension MontGuide 200201 HR. Updated February 2013. Focus. Personal Concerns Montana & Federal Regulations Costs.
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Cremation MSU Extension MontGuide 200201 HR Updated February 2013
Focus • Personal Concerns • Montana & Federal Regulations • Costs
Marsha A. GoettingProfessor & Extension Family Economics SpecialistCorinne Cramer Former Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Claire DelGuerraFormer Cascade County Extension Agent
Historical Info • First Crematory • 1876 • Pennsylvania
Cremation Acceptance • Montana—2009 • 65% rate • 5,664 cremations out of 8,739 deaths
National Rate • Year 2009 • 38%
Why Choose Cremation • National Survey • Cremation Association of North America
Why Choose Cremation?? • Save Money 30% • Save Land 13% • Simpler &More Convenient 8% • Personal Preference 6% • Body not in Earth 6% Cremation Association of North America
Why?? • Concerns for environment • Cold-weather constraints • Ease of transportation to distant burial sites
Who Regulates? • Montana Board of Funeral Service • Montana Department of Labor & Industry
Montana Board of Funeral Service • Administrative Rules • Standards • Licenses
Federal Level • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) • Trade Regulation Rules • Itemized Price Info
Removal of body? • Vital Statistics Bureau • DPHHS Form • “Authorization for Removal,Transportation, & Final Disposition of a Dead Body”
Signature of One: • Coroner • Mortician • Physician or Designee • Certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Who Submits the Form? • Mortician • With appropriate signatures
22 Licensed Crematories • Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Hamilton, Helena, Kalispell, Livingston, Malta, Martinsdale, Miles City, Missoula, Polson, & Whitefish www.crematorydirectory.com
Comparison Cost • Cremation • $1,000 - $3,000 • Average cost $1,650 • Funeral • $7,755
Cremation Costs • Funeral Homes • Must provide disclosure form • Itemizing Expenses
Does my body have to be embalmed? • Not required unless certain funeral arrangements selected. • Private or public viewing
Casket Required? • Not in Montana • Nationwide • 90% of cremations do not have casket
Montana Requirements • Enclosed, rigid, leak proof container • Fiberboard • Pressed Wood • Cardboard
FTC Rules • Must disclose in writing & make available: • Alternative container • Unfinished wooden box
Authorization • Crematory must have written cremation authorization form • Signed by authorization agent
Authorizing Agent • Person legally entitled to determine final disposition of human remains
Priority Order • Unless other directions provided by deceased • Spouse • Majority Adult Children (not all) • Parent • Close relative of deceased
In Absence of Family • Personal Representative • Public Administrator • Others as Designated by Montana Board of Funeral Service
List Request • Prepaid funeral contract • Written disposition direction • Signed affidavit • Videotaped disposition
Further Information • What Are Your Rights Over Your Remains • Search by title • www.montana.edu
Personal Possession • Remove • Jewelry • Mementos
Pacemakers • Remove • Could damage • Authorizing agent held responsible
Cremated with body • Prostheses • Mechanical • Devices • Implants
Wait 24 hours • Signed Death Certificate • Crematory Authorization
My ashes or others? • Identifying metal disc attached to each receptacle containing a body
Identifying Disc • During cremation disc secured on control panel outside the chamber
My ashes or others? • Number of identifying metal disc written on outside of receptacle 12
Which survivors are ashes given to? • Individual specified by authorizing agent on cremation authorization form
No Authorizing Agent • After 90 days: • Crematory has the authority for disposition of remains
Businessman • Put my ashes in an envelope and mail them to IRS. Write on envelope…”
Now you have everything!
Urns • Hardwood • Stone or Marble • Bronze, copper, or other metals • Biodegradable
Urn Burial • Columbarium niche
Urn Burial • Urn Garden
Keepsake Memorial • Jewelry • Pendant • Ring
Keepsake Memorial • Miniature Cast • Bronze Urn
What to do with ashes? • Bury • Scatter