by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 8, 2020 | alternative containers, Burial, Personalized funeral
A heartbreaking story in Kentucky of a mom and her 12-year-old daughter killed in a car crash. And buried together in the same casket. It doesn’t make the tragedy easier to bear, but it provides just a tad bit of relief from the darkness. It’s another...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 8, 2017 | alternative containers, green burials
By way of Green Burial Naturally (producer of the incredible resource, The Natural Burial Cemetery Guide, State-By-State Where, How and Why to Choose Green Burial) Facebook page, I found a related post about the ever-popular (or striving to be) cardboard coffins. If...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 6, 2017 | alternative containers, Cremains, Cremation, Funny death, Life celebration, Urns
People often joke about ashes in coffee cans. Why joke when you can have the real thing? Don’t settle for a can from your cabinet when you get this little beauty from Archie McPhee. It’s both economical and entertaining. For those who don’t take life...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 18, 2017 | Acceptance of death, alternative containers, columbarium, Cremains, Life celebration, niches for cremains
To counteract last week’s gloomy post, we’re going to the other end of the spectrum today: Color! Tie-dye! Hippie culture! A 1960s Volkswagon bus turned into a columbarium. (Columbarium – a room or building with niches for funeral urns to be stored.)...
by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 27, 2016 | Acceptance of death, alternative containers, Caskets, Cremains, Cremation, Death, green burials, Planning your own funerals, Uncategorized
It was an exciting week at I Want a Fun Funeral! First, on Sunday October 23, 2016 there was the article on the front page of The Philadelphia Inquirer about my workshop. Thanks to an excellent reporter and photographer, anyone who couldn’t quite imagine what...