Sam Bueler is currently the business owner of Wyman Cremation and Burial Chapel; a family- owned and operated company since 1967. He has been the business owner for the past 25 years as he continues to provide the full quality of care and kindness to all families. Bueler understands that family needs differ due their unique backgrounds and cultures but he is committed to serve all families to fulfill the memorialization of their loved one. Throughout the interview, he emphasized the importance of putting his customers needs first. He does this by not pressuring them to make any purchases. Bueler believes that his clients are the best investors in his business because as they leave, they will spread the word that they were treated fairly and …show more content…
As the economy began to “tank” he began to receive more requests for cremations. In some cases, cremations are against family religious values, but in time of need cremation is the way to go. Sam then continued to talk about the religion aspects and it’s affect it has on the funeral industry. In the past 10 years, Sam has noticed that the church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints (LDS) were choosing cremations over funerals, although the LDS where more traditionally based on funerals. It was also noted that the Catholicism made cremation acceptable in the year, 1996. During financial hardships, family opinions and values can alter when debating which service to …show more content…
For an individual who is less than 175 lb., cremation can start at $629.00. For those on a budget, cremation is recommended and the lowest priced urn is $50.00. To those families who are struggling with paying for funeral costs, there are payment plans that are offered but Wyman does not offer advertise them. Usually funerals tend to cost more because of the amount of guests and the additional paperwork that is needed to be filled out at the gravesite. The reason why Beuler tells his customers to avoid the high costing caskets is because about 99% of the caskets life will only be used to shelter the body underground. Green burials are offered but they are not common and it is often up to the cemeteries if they will allow them.Buelor have seen green burials be preformed in the past but not as much as traditional funeral and cremation.Cemearties sometimes won’t allow green bariels because the body caves in after it has been decomposed and then the cave needs to be backfilled which costs the cemetrary money to keep up with it’s
Morbid Funeral Home, Inc. is an accrual basis taxpayer who sells preneed funeral contracts. Customers pay Morbid in advance for goods and services to be provided at the contract beneficiary’s death. Under state law the payments are refundable if the contract purchaser requests them any time until the goods and services are furnished. Morbid, for both financial and tax accounting purposes, includes the payments in income for the year the funeral service is provided. Morbid insists that the amounts it receives under the contracts are customer deposits. The IRS agent insists that the payments are prepaid income that is subject to tax in the year of receipt.
African-American is a politically correct term used to refer to blacks within the United States. The roots of many African-American rites can be traced back to African cultural rites. However, it is important to note that not all blacks in America identify with African cultural roots. Therefore, some of the rites found within what many in the United States call African-American culture stem from Caribbean and other cultural traditions. For this reason, when making end of life decisions or funeral arrangements the “cultural identification, spirituality and the social class” the individual identifies with must be taken into account. The black majority within the United States identifies with Afrocentric traditions and perspectives. For this reason the term African-American will be used within this paper to denote the black population found in America as comparisons are made regarding how end of life decisions are viewed and made by African-American culture verses the traditional western European beliefs of American culture (Barrett, 2002).
Since each funeral home is for the majority independent, the “leader” is either the owner or the manager. The position is achieved th...
Can I do this?” Aside from the broad question of death’s profitability being ethical there is the question of are the practices within the business ethical and up to standard? The business of disposing of the deceased hasn’t always been an established one. Multiple times throughout history, people have taken advantage of people’s grief when a loved one has died and this was done in many ways. Some people would simply claim they buried their loved ones when in reality they dumped their bodies off elsewhere. Others would claim that they are caring for their loved ones dead body in a funeral home when in reality they are neglecting the body and taking your money. Luckily, in modern times we don’t typically have these issues well not as much as we use to anyway. Now, instead, we have different problems, the main one being that Morticians will typically offer the premium options available for their services before any other ones. This often used tactic is in clear violation of the Federal Trade Commission’s rule which states that funeral homes must show a price listing of caskets and other services (small business). These Morticians see that this person is in significant grief over the death of their loved one and will take advantage
Habenstein, Robert Wesley, and William M. Lamers. The History of American Funeral Directing. 7th ed. Milwaukee, W.I.: Bulfin Printers, 2010. Print.
“In most human society's death is an extremely important cultural and social phenomenon, sometimes more important than birth” (Ohnuki-Tierney, Angrosino, & Daar et al. 1994). In the United States of America, when a body dies it is cherished, mourned over, and given respect by the ones that knew the person. It is sent to the morgue and from there the family decides how the body should be buried or cremated based on...
End-of-life care in the United States is often fraught with difficult decisions and borne with great expense. Americans are often uncomfortable discussing death and
Death, dying, funerals, are not your typical dinner conversation. But for someone like me who has grown up in the industry, quite literally, it is not unusual. My father is the owner of three funeral homes in Virginia, Hibbing, and Tower, Minnesota. I may not have realized it, but I have seen several trends in funeral services. For this paper, I will be enlightening you with a brief history of funeral service, the types of funerals, and the cost of funerals.
In “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain,” Jessica Mitford presents an intriguing, if unnerving, argument for the generality of death and the funeral business specifically in the United States. She explains that the role of the funeral director has evolved to the point that he (or she) “has put on a well-oiled performance in which the concept of death played no part whatsoever”. Embalming plays a principal role in this exhibit because it is the method through which the funeral industry can present the deceased in a manner that will make them appear as presentable or “not as dead as they should look” as is possible, given their limitations. Embalming and presenting the dead has spawned a vast supporting market into which, Mitford notes, Americans
When discussing any topic, from medicines to death, history is always relevant. Funeral service dates back to 1685, which involved providing mourning merchandise to the society. Many undertakers at this time in history were also furniture builders, building the coffins for burial, as well as other household furniture. It wasn’t until the 19th century that funeral directors were utilized often. Before this time, families took care of their deceased loved ones. Around the time of the civil war embalming was introduced and shed a new light on funeral service. Listed below is a brief summary of some important events in funeral service history.
Imagine yourself as a mortician, certified as an embalmer, retort operator, funeral director, and a funeral cosmetologist. You get a call late at night, there’s been a terrible accident and someone has died. You arrive at the hospital and are directed to a small room where the body of the deceased is being held. There’s blood all over the sheets as the doctor and coronary assistant zip up the body bag and inform you the body was badly mangled in a car accident, which is going to make reconstructing the deceased very difficult. Your assistant puts the body on the stretcher and loads it into the hearse while you talk to the wife of the deceased man. She tells you they plan to have a funeral so you give her your card and a reassuring word before leaving the hospital and driving back to the funeral home. Now your job begins, not only will you have to reconstruct this man’s disfigured body, but you must meet with the family, discuss funeral arrangements, and deal with the family’s emotional trauma that comes with losing a loved one. Although working in the funeral business can be emotionally draining, it’s a satisfying feeling to see mourning families able to say goodbye to their loved ones. Despite the fact that working so closely with the deceased can be chilling, Mortuary science can be a thrilling field to work in.
Funerals are very important ceremonies in Hindu tradition. Hindus see cremation as an act of sacrifice to God and...
Death is something that no one wants to go through or have to deal with, especially concerning the loss of loved ones. Unfortunately, it is not possible to go through life without experiencing this loss. Throughout the past several decades, the way that we view death and the funeral industry has changed significantly. Recently, it has seemed much more apparent that funeral industries are using death as a means of getting rich. But why?
Most people dismiss anything having to do with death out of fear. The uncertainty some associate with death has caused Funeral Service to be a particularly taboo subject in society. One may assume funeral directors are the sketchy personalities enthralled with death, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Over the years, Funeral Service has progressed and become a larger industry. Funeral Service has changed in its history over time, affecting the education required, and the job they do today.
A funeral is an important event that should be planned with careful consideration, as each person only gets one to celebrate his or her life. People often die expectantly and suddenly leaving any funeral and burial arrangements in the hands of friends or relatives. These friends or family of the deceased may or may not have a good understanding of what the deceased would have preferred in his or her post death arrangements. A person planning his or her own funeral can prevent this guessing game and insure the arrangements are to their specifications.