Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-05-10 | Page 4 | Funerals Are Too Expensive

FUNERALS ARE ! TOO EXPENSIVE. j When Henry P. Davison realized be was approaching the end, he re- I quested simplicity in the arranging of j his funeral, desiring no elaborate ca-ket, ca-ket, no profusion ot flowers, no osten- H laUon. I Those who are rich can spare tho I money to give to their departed a dis- I j play, but for the ordinary family the financial strain is almost beyond the resources of the afflicted. I Six years ago the leaders of the Lab J ter-Day Saints preached modesty in H funeral arrangements, and for a time I I i hero was a tendency to reduce the , iloral tributes and keep the outlay H j within bound, but the lessons hav; been forgotten and once more the gor geous Instead i the plain and simple adornments are being bestowed. Custom i- a powerful force Ii n a the custom to have the dead buried in a bed of roses, then even the widow threatened with poverty will sariifiee her last dollar in that outward evl denee of loving respect In this man-: ner families may' be ?mpnverished at; a time, when the burdens of lite real heavily upon them. It is a mistake to allow the practice, of costlj funerals to grow and inflict increasing hardships on people in their time of deepest sorrow