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Diginity in Death recieves Donation

December 30, 2009
Donation will provide Dignity in Death

By Eileen Kelley
ekelley@enquirer.com
A fledgling organization that deals with death got a chance at survival on Wednesday when $10,000 was given to the Dignity and Death Foundation.
The foundation was created about three years ago as a way to offer support to families who do not have the means to bury their loved ones. Hamilton County Coroner O'Dell Owens is a trustee with the group. He said in the past 1 ½ years the group has been able to help about 13 families have proper services for their deceased loved ones.
With the $10,000 gift from the LifeCenterOrgan Donor Network, the foundation should be able to help about 40 more families.
Owens knows about death.
As the coroner for five years in Hamilton County he has seen first hand how bodies stay in the morgue for extended periods because families don't know where to turn when they don't have the money to have bodies moved and prepared for memorial services at funeral homes.
Prolonged delays, Owens said, makes it impossible for an open casket funeral.
He'd like to stop that.
"I think the toughest part of life is death," Owens said.
A service - or death with dignity - said Owens, is crucial for the grieving.
"People need that, really to start the healing process," Owens said.
Budget cuts put an end to the Ohio Burial Awards program, which helped indigent families, about eight years ago.
The program screens all potential families and uses contacts with various cemeteries, funeral homes and other services, to help provide a funeral or memorial service that is dignified, said Owens.
"There is a need for this in the community, that's for sure," said Barry Massa, the executive director of the LifeCenter Donor Network who presented Owens with the check on Wednesday. "This ($10,000 donation) gives us a chance to give back to the community."

Dignity in Death Mission Statement

The mission of Dignity in Death Foundation is to provide financial assistance to families in need so that their deceased loved ones may have a dignified funeral and burial or cremation and the surviving family members may begin to experience closure.