indigent funeral payments

Illinois County Coroner Holding Remains for Fees

By Funeral Director Daily / May 8, 2018 /

Adams County Coroner James Keller has came up with a controversial policy concerning the payments for indigent services in his county.  You can read about the situation from NBCChicago.com here. The story relates how Coroner Keller has the family sign over the rights for the deceased to his office.  He then cremates the deceased and…

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Unclaimed Bodies and Indigent Payments

By Funeral Director Daily / March 1, 2018 /

Alana Durkin Richer of the Associated Press compiled a good article that appeared in the Detroit News that you can read here.  The article is on the growing problem of what to do with indigent bodies when states or municipalities responsible for them are either running out of money or the expected reimbursement to funeral…

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West Virginia House Moves Indigent Funeral Bill Along

By Funeral Director Daily / February 15, 2018 /

By a vote of 65-33 the West Virginia House passed on Wednesday their Indigent Funeral Bill that will now move on to the state’s Senate.  The somewhat conroversial bill reduces the price paid to funeral directors to $1000 per service from the current payment of $1250. However, the bill also names disposition by cremation as…

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