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EP. 3: Home Funerals and Body Care with Jerrigrace Lyons

March 10, 2020 • Dr. Terri Daniel and Dr. Karen Wyatt • Season 1 • Episode 3

Doctor Death talks with death midwife, educator and home funeral guide Jerrigrace Lyons, who gained national attention when she was featured in the 2005 PBS documentary, A Family Undertaking. She is recognized worldwide as a pioneer in the emerging field of home death care and home funerals, and her certificate program in conscious dying and home funeral guidance has attracted thousands of students since she began offering it in 1995.

Jerrigrace has facilitated hundreds of family-directed home funerals, and has appeared in major media that includes The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The London Telegraph.

You can find Jerrigrace at www.FinalPassages.org

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