On the Bones of Ancestors

About this episode

Noba Anderson discusses her experiences with community death care and supporting friends during their home deaths.

On today’s episode I have a conversation with Noba Anderson, a resident of Cortes Island in British Columbia, Canada. Cortes has an active Community Death Care group that has provided death care education, helped greatly with navigating the paper trail that accompanies a death, and generally supports people to know their rights regarding home based funeral care. Noba shares her experience of tending to her dear friends, Kristen Scholfield-Sweet and John Shook, as they died in their home and t...

People in this episode

Guest: Noba Anderson

Topics covered

• death care
• home funerals
• community support
• rights education
• personal experiences

Keywords

• death care
• home funerals
• Cortes Island
• community support
• Noba Anderson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Community Death Care, National Home Funeral Alliance

Places: Cortes Island, British Columbia

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