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White Eagle Memorial Preserve

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Goldendale, WA

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Doesn’t everyone have to be embalmed?
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Isn’t cremation the most environmentally friendly way to go?
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Can I be buried green in a non-green cemetery?
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Is there anything greener than Green Burial?
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How do we have a funeral if the body isn’t embalmed?
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What will my traditional family / friends say if we go for green burial?
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How can I show that I care if I don’t spend a lot of money on a funeral?
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What do I say in the obituary about a green burial?
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"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go."

— MARY OLIVER, poet
From “In Blackwater Woods”
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