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Spend on cocktails, not caskets, author of funeral book urges

The Miami Herald
Sat, Jan 19, 2012

Erika Dillman comes by her interest in death naturally.

“My grandparents were in the business,” she says. “They sold embalming fluid.”

When she was 8, they took her to a funeral convention – what kid wouldn’t be thrilled? – where she picked out a casket for herself.

“I knew your funeral was something you had to plan for,” she says. “Now, it’s the party aspect I’m obsessed with.”

Hence her new book: The Party of Your Life: Get the Funeral You Want by Planning It Yourself (Santa Monica Press)

Read the full article in The Miami Herald

Thanks to the Funeral Consumers Information Society (Detroit MI) for altering us to this article.

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