Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-18 | Page 32 | Episcopal Clergy Taboo Funeral Fee |

Type	issue
Date	1917-03-18
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Episcopal Clergy Taboo Funeral Fee
Type	death
Date	1917-03-18
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	32
OCR Text	Show EPISCOPAL CLERGY TABOO FUNERAL FEE A communication signed by Bishop Paul Jones and the otber clergymen of the Episcopal church has been sent to all undertakers of the city. The communication com-munication notifies the undertakers not to make any charge in their bills for the services rendered by Kpiscopal ministers min-isters at funerals. It has been the custom cus-tom of several undertakers to insert such an item in bills and to turn over th" money so collected to the ministers. The communication ets forth that the clergymen may accept a fee for con-duetinp con-duetinp funeral perviceH. but only where it is voluntarily offered. The ministers minis-ters do not v.Uh to make any charge for their services whure people might feel unable to pay.
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