Funerals and Burials: Protecting Consumers from Bad Practices

April 10, 2000

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The purpose of this hearing is: (1) to educate consumers about the industries (2) to expose bad practices and (3) to explore the extent of consumer satisfaction.

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Date: April 10, 2000
Time: 1:00 p.m.
106 Dirksen

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Statements of Committee Members

Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman, Iowa

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Witness Testimony Panel 1:

1. Irwin Karp, (former preneed sales executive), Convicted Felon California Department of Corrections, Tehachapi, California
   
   

Witness Testimony Panel 2:

1. Danell D. Pepson , Leesburg, Virginia
   
   
2. Toni Moore , President & CEO, Paradise Memorial Park Cemetery Memorial Fund, Santa Fe Springs, California
   
   
3. Cheryl Lankford , Funeral Director, DeLand, Florida
   
   
4. Darryl J. Roberts , (former cemetery owner/funeral director), Author, Profits of Death, Scottsdale, Arizona
   
   
5. Father Henry Wasielewski , Interfaith Funeral Information Committee, Tempe, Arizona
   
   
6. Lamar Hankins , Esquire, President, FAMSA - Funeral Consumer Alliance, San Marcos, Texas
   
   
7. Robert Shreve , AARP, Washington, DC
   
   

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Hearing Publications

• Committee on Aging Print: 106-27

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