Curtis A. DeBaun IV's Blog (3)

On Tuesday the 26th we will be on the Valley Showcase again. This time around I will be speaking about the history of DeBaun funeral homes. Along with the history we will also be discussing our upcoming Veterans program. Continue

I wanted to provide a link to the Valley Showcase we did on April 10th. In the showcase we address pre-planning a funeral as well as green burials. This eight minute spot should answer a number of common questions. Here is the link: http://mywabashvalley.com/content/fulltext/?cid=59391 You may have to copy and paste. Continue

A number of people have recently asked me, "What exactly is a green burial?" An easy answer is that it is a burial which does not use a metal casket, a concrete vault, or embalming fluid. This is actually how people were commonly buried until near the end of the 19th century. This type of burial is slowly becoming more and more recognized in the United States as an alternative to cremation and traditional services. In the state of Indiana there are only a few funeral homes which offer this servi… Continue