Pres. Dave presents Melanie a Rotary mug in appreciation of her informative presentation
Speaker - Melanie Siano - director at Holmdel & Woolley-Boglioli Funeral Homes
Topic - Benefits of prepaid funeral and cemetery expenses
The speaker related the benefits of preplanning for funeral arrangements, planning or prepaying the expenses and discussed the many legal requirements.
Suggested also were for individuals to review their vital statistics for a death certificate, to specify instructions for the celebration of one’s end of life and a “right of control” directive. N.J. allows for funerals to be prepaid into a third-party funeral trust account. Benefits for honorably discharged military veterans include burials at the National Cemetery.
Discussion ensued about various types of funerals such as natural or green burials, water cremation and human composting.