One of the few funeral museums in the world may be closing, thanks to the Ponzi INSURANCE Scheme of the IFDA Preneed Trust, This does not
replica Lincoln CasketPhoto: Via Flickr/daveblog (Creative Commons license))
bode well for funeral cost in Illinois. It points to payment of contract difficulties with the IFDA. It also eliminates a source of funeral education for the general public on funerals and funeral cost. The Museum of Funeral Customs has been a contibution to funeral education and the funeral industry. One of the popular displays is the Lincoln Casket Replica.
According to an Illinois Historian in the State Journal Register Article.
“It does fill a need,” said Thomas Schwartz, Illinois state historian. “It showed both the science and the cultural symbolism we’ve crafted and how we’ve observed the death of a loved one. … The real strength of that museum was the cultural context of how all of this evolved over time.”
The IFDA sponsored museum is most likely one of three funeral museums on earth, one in Springfield, IL, The Neatherlands and Houston.
This was a positive contribution of the IFDA to our culture. Too bad it is apparently may be going away.
Funeral Industry/Funeral Cost Blog by yourfuneralguy-R.Brian Burkhardt
It appears that hundreds of thousands of dollars was misappropriated from the IFDA Preneed Trust Fund to the museum of Funeral Customs in 2006 and 2007.
Source: State Journal Register Article posted February 27th 2009 in Springfield, IL.
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1st Lincoln Casket pic deleted March 5th 2009 from post upon request Lincoln Casket Pic used Davesblog’sPhoto Stream on Flickr
