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Reverence for dead, Believed cremation began in Greece in 1000 BC, Believed in shadowy afterlife and Elysian Fields correct answers The ancient Greeks... Separation of the soul from the body, and they believed the remnants of cremation held personal and spiritual significance and should be entombed properly correct answers Greeks believed cremation provided... Large pyres were built and remains were returned home for ceremony correct answers When Greek soldiers died in battle Lay undertaker, the role was no longer a religious vocation correct answers Significant element of funeral service that came from the romans was the... miasma correct answers Theory that diseases were spread by this dangerous gaseous emission from decaying organic matter Dr. F. Julius LeMoyne correct answers Erected America's first crematory in 1876 at Washington, Pennsylvania Baron Depalm correct answers First cremation in modern America; scientific progress and rural simplicity; opponents denounced it as satans errand John L Dye correct answers Built LeMoyne's crematory, also built 2nd crematory in US at Rosedale Cemetery (first on west coast) in LA Dr. Hugo Erichsen correct answers Founded the Cremation Association of America (later changed to CANA) in 1913: Promote cremation as the safe and hygienic way of disposition, became a concern over proper treatment and respect of those who choose cremation correct answers CAA was founded to... Code of Cremation Practice to uphold high standards of ethics, education, and consumer information correct answers Member of CANA sign a Telophase Society correct answers Founded by Thomas Webber, San Diego, 1971, named after final stage in cell division, pioneered direct cremation for profit, focused on selling cremation instead of products and services Neptune Society correct answers Founded by Dr. Charles Derring in San Fransisco, CA 1977, offered services instead of direct cremation, scattering at sea, wore flashy clothes and happy demeanor Colonel Cinders correct answers What was Charles Denning known as? tried to legislate them out of business, California FDA got legislation passed that classified cremation clubs as funeral homes, subjecting them to regulations of the undertaker controlled