Death and Dying

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2009-11-06 Hospice Care - Medications:

The only thing about hospice medications is that they won't be going for "cure." Your friend's mom is in congestive heart failure. There is only so much meds can do. If the meds she is on currently

2009-11-06 Life & Health Insurance - bank on your self - company choice:

Dear Matt, You can use Northwestern Mutual. However, as a responsible company working to treat all it's clients fairly, they do apply "direct recognition" to dividend distributions. As I understand

2009-11-05 Funerals - QUESTION: I live in Wisconsin and want to know if you have to go through a funeral home when a person wants to be cremated and does not want to have any type of service. Can you contact a crematorium directly?:

Ooooo, honey! I'm guessing that your sister has ALL cause to not only file a complaint but request a refund! I'll have to see her "Statement" first to be sure, but I did get the GPL. First of all, this

2009-11-05 Funerals - Natural Burial in Mississippi:

If you have a lot of land outside the village or city limits, then home burial is likely permissible. Draw a map of the land showing where the family burial ground will be and pay to have it recorded with

2009-11-05 Funerals - QUESTION: I live in Wisconsin and want to know if you have to go through a funeral home when a person wants to be cremated and does not want to have any type of service. Can you contact a crematorium directly?:

Pretty funny. I called and said I didn't see any prices on their web site. I started to say "How much is . . ." then said, "Can you fax me your prices?" (I didn't use the industry jargon of "GPL.") "Well