Ashes to Ashes
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 Listen to this Story
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Around 40 percent of Americans are cremated when they die. And along with this surge in cremation, comes confusion about what to do with a loved one's ashes. Barbara speaks with Thomas Lynch, a poet and the second generation owner of his family's funeral home in Milford, Michigan, about the rituals surrounding death and ashes.
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- Music Bridge:
- Royal Peppermint Forest
- Artist: Kiln
- CD: Sunbox (Ghostly)
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