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Funeral
Consumers Information Society
P.O. Box 24054
Detroit, MI 48224
e-mail:
fcis@juno.com
info@funeralinformationsociety.org
phone:
313-886-0998
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The Funeral Consumers Information Society believes in informed choices. Our mission is to support and encourage your right to choose a meaningful, dignified and
affordable funeral.
The Funeral Consumers Information
Society:
- conducts community-awareness programs on families caring for their own dead (do-it-yourself funerals), natural burial (green burial), funeral planning, and the consumer's rights under the Federal Trade Commission's Funeral Rule.
- provides free informational pamphlets on a wide range of funeral-related topics
- provides referrals to appropriate community resources
- assists members in preplanning (not prepaying) your final arrangements and documenting your wishes
- provides 24/7 telephone advice to members needing immediate assistance
- conducts a periodic funeral-home price survey
Established in 1961, the Funeral Consumers Information Society
was founded to promote preplanning for simple, dignified final rites.
Today, the Society's role has expanded to reflect a growing need
for information about other related issues. Through its information and referral services, speakers' bureau,
newsletters and educational literature, FCIS offers up-to-date
information on federal and state legislation, current literature and
practical considerations for informed planning.
The Society is a volunteer-led organization supported solely through the donations of our members and supporters. FCIS is not affiliated with any funeral home, cemetery or
crematory. FCIS does not provide funeral or cremation services. An impartial
source of advice and counsel, the Society provides information and
guidance only.
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Utahans Regain the Right to Care for Their Own Dead
Joyce Mitchell, the president of FCA of Utah, reports that the governor signed HB265 into law Friday, March 20! "I believe that Utah now has a combo of some of the best after-deathcare wording in the United States," Mitchell said. Read the story in our 2009 newsletter or at Mitchell's Google page.
"Grave debate: After-death disagreements spread to court" by Sandra Svoboda, Detroit Metro Times To read the story, click here.
To read Thomas Lynch's lawsuit, click here.
Go to Funeral Ethics Organization (Select Newsletter,then Spring-Summer 2008) and Funeral Consumers Alliance to access documents in dispute.
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