TOP STORIES
CDC
issues guidelines to funeral homes for handling of Ebola victims – via Paul
Joseph Watson in Infowars
New
music genre, tsapiky, developed at funerals in Madagascar in the 1970s –
from Banning Eyre at NPR
Per
Caitlin Doughty, alkaline hydrolysis could be the new thing in body disposal
– via Ellie Zolfagharifard in the Daily Mail
DEATH
“40 Faces of Death” – a gallery of images of the Grim Reaper, curated by Robert Lamb on
stufftoblowyourmind.com.
Veterans
Administration not quite clear about client’s death – via William H.
McMichael at USA Today
Replica
of Lincoln coffin engages community – via Will Higgins at the Indianapolis
Star
Rachel Young of the Suffolk Times attends
a Death Cafe
If
you don’t take care of your digital stuff, you will leave a rat’s nest of
problems when you die—from Katie Humphrey at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
MOURNING
Caitlin Smith at the Ohio History Connection discusses “Victorian
Mourning Customs,” the first of a proposed series of blog posts in October.
Victorian
mourning program scheduled – via Walworth County News
“How
teenagers mourn in the digital age” – from Catherine Shanahan in the Irish
Examiner
FUNERALS
Idiosyncratic
Duchess of Devonshire buried in wicker coffin to strains of Elvis – via
pigtown-design.blogspot.com
In the wake of the Duchess of Devonshire’s wacky funeral,the Telegraph asks: how does one havea funeral today?. Written by Helena Kealey
Billie
Barry has a smashing funeral – from Alison Healy at the Irish Times
Funeral
home serves needs of diverse cultures – by Andrea Castillo for the Fresno
Bee
Funeral
planning forum sponsored by consumer group – from the Funeral Consumers
Alliance of Western Massachusetts
Plan
your own funeral – advice from Gary Calligas in the Shreveport News
Coast
Guard gives vet a Viking funeral – from Meghann Myers in the Navy Times
END-OF-LIFE
Tom Englund on Medium talks about “Fading Light:
Expanding our care-circle”
A new book asserts that life expectancy is longer in hospice
than in the hospital – Atul
Gawande’s “Being Mortal” – via dish.andrewsullivan.com.