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Burn the poor: Indigent funerals switching to cremations

The Clay Center Dispatch
Clay Center (Clay County) KS
June 21, 2011

A change to a state statute and the state SRS discontinuing funding for indigent funerals a year ago has put the burden on counties to be responsible for these funerals instead of the state.

However commissioners believe they can meet the statute requirement by instead cremating indigents, an expense of about $500, including transportation to and from a crematorium.

Read the full article in The Clay Center Dispatch

Thanks to The Good Funeral Guide for altering us to this article.

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