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I am so grateful to your guest speaker because my friend- Lucy Basler went to her training in California.  We now have Sacred Ceremonies, Ltd  under the direction of Lucy Basler in our local area of Webster, Wi.  Last April 2008, my husband died at home as a hospice patient and we had a home funeral.  This was our first experience with home funeral and my family and several friends saw this as a very blessed and special time and helped us all to deal with the sting of death because we were allowed to keep him at home for three days before cremation.  I know that we will be following this pattern for my own death  and other friends and family have also stated that this is their wish for the time of death as well. It is very helpful to seek information and plan ahead.  Our family has no regrets for changing the typical pattern of dealing with death. Each state may have various legal requirements. It is very helpful to  have the family members prepared for the final moments of death and care of the body and home arrangements..  I would be very open to sharing with anyone helpful information about our experience.  violalake@mac.com

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