Robert59
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Here in my town named Cookeville Tennessee we have six funeral home's. My town is mainly college students and retires from all over the U.S.
https://www.cookeville-tn.gov/
https://www.cookeville-tn.gov/
I'm not trying to depress everyone but how many funeral home's in your town or city?
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hollydolly
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- London England
I know there's One in my nearest small town, not totally sure but I don't think there is any more than that!!
Old Dummy
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- In the backwoods of NYS
The nearby one-light town has one funeral home, one diner, one supermarket, etc.
We've gotten to know the owner personally, and joke about him coming into the diner with a tape measure in his pocket, lol.
We've gotten to know the owner personally, and joke about him coming into the diner with a tape measure in his pocket, lol.
Haha. Wicked sense of humour.
Old Dummy
Who am I? Why am I here?
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- In the backwoods of NYS
Haha. Wicked sense of humour.
It gets worse.
I want to be cremated, and it is in my will.
I saw the funeral director and his brother (they're partners, and are always dressed in white shirts and suits) a few towns over a while back in a diner. I went up to say "Hi," and asked them about me dropping in sometime and getting some info about cremation.
And I quickly said, "I don't want to be cremated yet!"
He replied, "No problem, just don't bring any matches with you."
It doesn't bother me anymore, but when I first got to know these guys the jokes were a bit eerie. But they didn't start them, one of my lunch buddies did. Is he a bit weird? Yes, more than "a bit." He needs constant attention. As I've told him and many others, "Negative attention is better than no attention." He really is that insecure.
But there aren't a lot of people around here so you make friends with who you can.
Robert59
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people are dying to get in.
PopsnTuff
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- Virginia USA
Same here only one but in the next bigger town there's three....
Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
We have too many to count but many of the old names are now just fronts for national chains which I find kind of creepy.
The actual preparations are done in central locations and the bodies are returned to the quaint old familiar funeral homes for the viewing.
I suppose that it makes sense and saves a tremendous amount of money on professionally trained people, vehicles, equipment, etc... but it still creeps me out.
Anyway, I only need one and it's done and dusted. When the time comes all they need to do is call the number on the card in my wallet "And away we go!".
The actual preparations are done in central locations and the bodies are returned to the quaint old familiar funeral homes for the viewing.
I suppose that it makes sense and saves a tremendous amount of money on professionally trained people, vehicles, equipment, etc... but it still creeps me out.
Anyway, I only need one and it's done and dusted. When the time comes all they need to do is call the number on the card in my wallet "And away we go!".
hollydolly
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- London England
The next bigger town to me is London.... I think I would have got to my old age before counting how many there are there,,,
I ran a pub in Liverpool many years ago and the local
undertaker had a habit of touring the pubs and having
a chat with his friends, he also used to pull out a tape
and measure somebody occassionally, everybody laughed
till some of the ones he measured died quite soon after!
He was still welcome in the pubs but not his tape, even
some of the locals moved away when he came in.
Mike.
undertaker had a habit of touring the pubs and having
a chat with his friends, he also used to pull out a tape
and measure somebody occassionally, everybody laughed
till some of the ones he measured died quite soon after!
He was still welcome in the pubs but not his tape, even
some of the locals moved away when he came in.
Mike.
mike4lorie
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- Brockville, Ontario, Canada
None where we are now, But little towns very close to us, have three in each one... so Nine of them for about 20,000 people between all the towns... Little overkill I think...
Old Dummy
Who am I? Why am I here?
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- In the backwoods of NYS
Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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- Los Angeles Suburbs
Plenty around here. Did anyone watch Six Feet Under? A really good series, and apparently a lot of it was quite accurate.
StarSong
Awkward is my Superpower
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Yes. Among the best series wrap-ups I've ever seen.
jujube
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Plenty around here, being that it's Florida, y'know?
When I lived in the Detroit area, a local funeral home chain started the world's first "drive-in funeral viewing". There was a big picture window with the casket displayed in it and two-way speakers. The visitors could drive up, view the deceased and chat with family members who were there in the funeral home. There was a tray that came out (like those at a bank drive-through) with the visitor book and you could write your name and condolences, all without having to leave your car.
Ah, well...…..I guess it was inevitable.
I guess we should also talk about "funny" funeral home names. There were some funeral homes up in Detroit owned by the family of a Michigan state senator (Charles Diggs) called, appropriately, House of Diggs. I actually attended a "viewing" of a co-worker's husband there:
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When I lived in the Detroit area, a local funeral home chain started the world's first "drive-in funeral viewing". There was a big picture window with the casket displayed in it and two-way speakers. The visitors could drive up, view the deceased and chat with family members who were there in the funeral home. There was a tray that came out (like those at a bank drive-through) with the visitor book and you could write your name and condolences, all without having to leave your car.
Ah, well...…..I guess it was inevitable.
I guess we should also talk about "funny" funeral home names. There were some funeral homes up in Detroit owned by the family of a Michigan state senator (Charles Diggs) called, appropriately, House of Diggs. I actually attended a "viewing" of a co-worker's husband there:
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debodun
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- way upstate in New York, USA
One. They also have two other offices in nearby communities.
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Old Dummy
Who am I? Why am I here?
- Location
- In the backwoods of NYS
I always viewed 'funeral home directors' as a source for dark humor.
The post on this thread seem to prove that.
You'll never hear a complaint from a undertakers' cliental and it is an 'always'
source of employment: recession proof, blab, blab...
Manatee:
'a smoking hot body.'-Ugh, yea, good'un, didn't I say, dark humor.
The post on this thread seem to prove that.
You'll never hear a complaint from a undertakers' cliental and it is an 'always'
source of employment: recession proof, blab, blab...
Manatee:
'a smoking hot body.'-Ugh, yea, good'un, didn't I say, dark humor.
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Pappy
Living the Dream
No idea. My body is donated to science care, where they will do what they do and send ashes to my next of kin.