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ARTICLES & ARCHIVES
Articles of Interest (PDF Files)
WDIV Local 4's "Ruth to the Rescue" talks with FCIS Vice President Holly Gilbert about how to save money when purchasing a funeral. Aired July 22, 2009. Click Here to Watch.
Aug. 6, 2009: Court Tosses Funeral Director Lawsuit, Upholds Free Speech for Consumer Advocates
Michigan Citizen, Sept. 4, 2007: Death: A Family Ritual
Muskegon Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2008: Home Funerals Personalize Grieving
The Detroit News, April 19, 2007: At Home Funerals are More Personal, Cost Less Business Courier, Jan. 14, 2008: Hillenbrand Plans Company Split for March MSNBC, Sept. 24, 2007: More families bringing funerals home Home News Tribune, Jan. 19, 2008: 'Mastermind' in body-parts trade agrees to plead guilty
Can
You Dig It? Jack Lessenberry from The Metro Times
Toledo Blade:
Jack Lessenberry Article on FCIS Michigan Public
Radio Radio (Audio Links)
Link to Jack Lessenberry Radio Interview with Wendy Lyons of FCIS
Link
to Jack Lessenberry Radio Essay "Our Dead and Ourselves" Funeral Industry Regulations (PDF Files)
State of Michigan's 2004 Michigan Funeral Director's Manual
Past Issues of the FCIS Newsletter
Our informative newsletter, Egress (formerly The Messenger), is sent to all members of the Funeral Consumers Information Society. Click here to view or download the latest issue as an Adobe PDF file.
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