I Died Laughing Funeral Education with a Light Touch

by Carlson, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9780942679250
• ISBN10: 0942679253
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Upper Access, Inc.

Summary

This is a very funny book, even though it also includes some serious consumer information. Lisa Carlson has collected cartoons, jokes, funny quotations, humorous last words, and a wide range of other old and new material. As the advice columnist Dear Abby remarked, "This book proves that dying can be a laughing matter." At the end of each section, Carlson has a page or two of information and advice for those who may someday have the job of arranging a funeral for a friend or relative, or who may be contemplating the arrangements they prefer when they die.Half the profits from sale of the book will be contributed to the work of the national nonprofit consumer organization, Funeral Consumers Alliance. Several well-known cartoonists and illustrators made their work available in support of this cause: these include P.S. Mueller, Rina Picccolo, and the estate of Edward Gorey.With this short book, you can have a good laugh, learn something in process, and support good cause at the same time.

Table of Contents

Special Thanks and Resources	4	(1)
Why a Book on Funeral Humor?	5	(1)
Foreword	6	(3)
John Abraham
Old Age Ain't No Place for Sissies	9	(15)
Living Wills and Advance Directives	22	(2)
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	24	(19)
Plan But Don't Prepay for a Funeral	40	(3)
Much Adieu about Nothing	43	(18)
Funeral Rites and Funeral Rights	55	(6)
Deep Down, They're Really Nice People	61	(11)
Cemeteries, Vaults and Markers	71	(1)
In a Blaze of Glory	72	(4)
Cremation Options	74	(2)
The Great Perhaps	76	(13)
Body & Organ Donation, Recycling Medical Devices	87	(2)
A Dying Person's Bill of Rights	89	(2)
Funeral Consumers Alliance	91	(5)
Index	96