MORT 203: Cremation QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/25
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Course
Cremation
Institution
Cremation
Top Ten Cremation States - Correct Answer Nevada
Maine
Oregon
Washington
New Hampshire
Montana
Colorado
Hawaii
Wyoming
Vermont
Bottom Five Cremation States - Correct Answer Mississippi
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
Utah
Impact of sanitation movement - Correct Answer 1. Cholera o...
MORT 203: Cremation QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2024/25
Top Ten Cremation States - Correct Answer Nevada
Maine
Oregon
Washington
New Hampshire
Montana
Colorado
Hawaii
Wyoming
Vermont
Bottom Five Cremation States - Correct Answer Mississippi
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
Utah
Impact of sanitation movement - Correct Answer 1. Cholera outbreak
2. Impact of immigrants
3. Sanitation movement in England and America was responsible for the increase of
cremations
4. Miasma versus Germ Theory
Pioneers - Correct Answer 1. Dr. F. Julius LeMoyne
2. Baron dePalm
3. John L. Dye
John L. Dye - Correct Answer built Dr. LeMoyne's crematory; built second crematory in
the U.S. at Rosedale Cemetery (first on West Coast) in Los Angeles;
Dr. F. Julius LeMoyne - Correct Answer constructed the first New World crematory in
Washington, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1876
Baron dePalm - Correct Answer first cremation in modern America; scientific progress
and rural simplicity; opponents denounced it as Satan's errand
Cremation Association of North America - Correct Answer 1913
a. Dr. Hugo Erichson founded Cremation Society of America
b. founded to promote cremation as the "safe and hygienic" way of disposing of a
human remains
c. became a concern with the proper treatment and respect for those who chose
cremation
, d. members sign a Code of Cremation Practice to uphold high standards of ethics,
education, and consumer information
Telophase Society - Correct Answer Thomas Webber, San Diego 1971
a. telophase-last stage of cell division
b. selling cremation for profit
c. focused on selling cremation, not products and services
Neptune Society - Correct Answer Charles Denning (aka Colonel Cinders), San
Francisco1977
a. offered "services" as opposed to direct cremation
b. scattering at sea
c. flashy demeanor vs. dark suits
Legislation and opposition - Correct Answer a. California Funeral Director's Association
b. Societies and cremation clubs classified as funeral homes
c. Subject to regulation by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Proponents of cremation - Correct Answer 1. German ethnic groups
a. tradition of "fire burial" in Germany
b. German Americans heavily involved in cremation societies
2. Medical professionals
a. American Medical Association-mixed support
b. cremationist's overestimation of burial of bodies
c. bury remains 4-6 feet underground
3. New England Protestant clergy
a. "Free Thinkers"
b. genteel practice
Opponents of cremation - Correct Answer 1. Roman Catholics (prior to 1970)
a. Anti-Christian-cremation is performed by heathens and pagans
b. 1886-the Vatican denounced practice of cremation
2. Some Protestant clergy
a. denial of sacred ground burial
b. Violent, vulgar practice
3. Some funeral directors
a. cemetery operators, coffin makers, undertakers
b. consumer culture gave rise to death experts for a profit
c. embalming undertakers argued for the sanitary movement
First Modern US cremation - Correct Answer December 6,1876 by Dr. F. Julius
LeMoyne (Baron de Palm)
Things to Keep in Mind For Cremation - Correct Answer 1) Positive personal
identification of remains*family to identify or decline to identify
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