End-of-Life Arrangements: A Resource List
Quick summary
Rather than wait until the last minute to make final arrangements for your loved ones, it makes good sense to prepare in advance. The following organizations can provide much of the information you'll need.
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Cremation Association of North America
401 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 245-1077
www.cremationassociation.orgCANA is an association of crematories, cemeteries, and funeral homes that offer cremation.
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Funeral Consumers Alliance
33 Patchen Rd.
South Burlington, VT 05403
(800) 765-0107
www.funerals.orgFCA is a nonprofit educational organization that supports increased funeral consumer protection. Its website has free pamphlets on funeral planning, plus a directory of local volunteer funeral planning groups.
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Funeral Ethics Organization
87 Upper Access Rd.
Hinesburg, VT 05461
(802) 482-3437FEO, an independent nonprofit educational organization, promotes ethical dealings in death-related transactions and provides mediation assistance to resolve consumer complaints.
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Green Burial Council
8 Estacada Ct.
Santa Fe, NM 87508
(888) 966-3330
www.greenburialcouncil.orgGBC, an independent nonprofit that encourages environmentally sustainable death care practices assists consumers in identifying "green" cemetery, funeral, and cremation services.
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International Cemetery and Funeral Association
107 Carpenter Dr., Suite 100
Sterling, VA 20164
(800) 645-7700
www.icfa.org/ICFA is a nonprofit association of cemeteries, funeral homes, crematories, and monument retailers that offers informal mediation of consumer complaints through its Cemetery Consumer Service Council. Its website provides information and advice about funeral arrangements, dealing with grief, and other end-of-life issues.
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International Order of the Golden Rule
PO Box 28689
St. Louis, MO 63146-1189
(800) 637-8030
www.ogr.orgOGR is an international association of about 1,300 independent funeral homes.
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Jewish Funeral Directors of America
150 Lynnway, Suite 506
Lynn, MA 01902
(781) 477-9300
www.jfda.orgJFDA is an international association of funeral homes serving the Jewish community.
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National Funeral Directors Association
13625 Bishop's Drive
Brookfield, WI 53005
(800) 228-6332
www.nfda.org/consumerresources.phpNFDA is an educational and professional association of funeral directors that provides consumer information on its website. NFDA also sponsors a help line designed to aid consumers in resolving complaints about NFDA members.
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National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association
3951 Snapfinger Parkway, Suite 570
Decatur, GA 30035
(800) 434-0958
www.nfdma.comNFDMA is a national association primarily of African-American funeral providers.
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Selected Independent Funeral Homes
500 Lake Cook Rd., Suite 205
Deerfield, IL 60015
(800) 323-4219
www.selectedfuneralhomes.org/informationSIFH is an international association of funeral firms that have agreed to comply with its Code of Good Funeral Practices.
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I am in New Yourk and cant seem to fing anything to help me plan for by life long friends funeral. Ray C in New York