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Offline Emile

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Re: Flight Reservations
« Reply #30 on: December 10, 2023, 09:31:27 PM »
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    Re: Flight Reservations
    « Reply #31 on: March 07, 2024, 06:07:48 AM »
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    • Quote from: moneil on December 01, 2023, 01:50:36 AM
    I don't mean to be intrusive, but as a part time assistant at a mortuary I'll take the liberty to offer some information.

    If there won't be any services in Indiana (any or all of a visitation, Rosary, Requiem Mass) you'll want the funeral home's "Forwarding remains to another funeral home" package.  They will do the removal from the place of death, handle the required paperwork, embalm (usually required for air shipment, but won't include cosmetology, hair care, or dressing), and arrange for air shipment to Spokane.  You (or the person handling your arrangements) will want to purchase a "combo air tray" (designed to transport a body without a casket) in Indiana and purchase the casket in Spokane.  The reason for this is that the airlines charge by weight and a 100 lbs. or more will be saved if the body isn't flown in a casket.

    Usually a Spokane funeral home would be contacted to receive the remains at the Spokane airport.  I'm sure Father Puskorius (or another priest at The Mount) would have an appropriate recommendation.  If the only services in Spokane will be the committal at the cemetery (the other services having been held in Indiana), arrangements could be made for a trusted friend with a pickup (with canopy or landau cover) or van to pick you up at the Spokane airport and take you to the cemetery, that would be perfectly legal as long as they have the proper paperwork (which should arrive from Indiana with the body).  I believe there is a livery service in Spokane that would provide a hearse for this, at a much lower cost that using a full service mortuary (I'd have to research this).

    For a point of reference, about three weeks ago I picked up someone at the Spokane airport who was flown in from Arizona for her funeral in Kennewick, WA.  The airfare was about $400.  Once a retired deputy coroner from where I live had her father die in one of the Carolinas.  She and her husband rented a U-Haul van, packed cold packs around the body, and drove it non-stop to our mortuary in Washington.  Usually embalming would be required to cross state lines, but there are exemptions.  She, having been a coroner, knew how to handle things, and was comfortable with handling the body.
    Moneil....bumping this post to ask you something related to your work/experience.

    What happens in the following scenario? 

    An agreement was made years ago with a funeral home in VT. The people moved to Florida a couple of years ago. 

    I'm fairly certain agreement was for cremation and most likely did not take into account any future move out of VT.

    Thank you.

     
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    Re: Flight Reservations
    « Reply #32 on: March 07, 2024, 11:27:27 AM »
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    • Quote from: 2Vermont on March 07, 2024, 06:07:48 AM
    Moneil....bumping this post to ask you something related to your work/experience.

    What happens in the following scenario?

    An agreement was made years ago with a funeral home in VT. The people moved to Florida a couple of years ago. 

    I'm fairly certain agreement was for cremation and most likely did not take into account any future move out of VT.

    Thank you.

     
    Most prepaid funeral prearrangements freeze the cost of defined goods and services at their price at the time the arrangements were made and paid for, with the payments (which can be made over time) deposited into a trust account or life insurance policy arranged by the funeral home.  In the case of a life insurance policy, if the person dies before everything is paid for, they are still covered in full in most cases.  These arrangements, and the prepaid funds, are usually portable ... i.e. they can be moved to another funeral home.  These things are regulated by each individual state and one would need to check with a local provider to see how it all works.

    In the above scenario, if there doesn't need to be a formal funeral with the body present in Vermont, the cremation could be done in Florida.  If the family wants the remains then sent to Vermont for a memorial service and / or burial, it only costs about $100 to mail an urn (the post office provides special handling).

    Most prepaid funeral arrangements wouldn't cover the extra cost of transporting whole body remains a long distance, so if they want to be returned to Vermont before cremation they need to start saving for that.  There are insurance policies available for situations where one dies away from home and wants to be returned home for their funeral or burial.  Many seniors here in the northwest spend their winters in Arizona, and if they die there the policy will cover the cost of flying them home for their funeral and burial.
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