If they cannot come up with the money, the ashes are eventually buried, along with others, in an unmarked grave. Of the $1,000 people pay, he says $800 goes to the funeral homes and $200 to the crematory. The county’s poverty rate of 13 per cent is on par with the overall rate in Illinois. “We do our very best and our due diligence to taxpayers, and we try to be supportive of families, with the hand that we’re dealt with by the state,” Keller said. “These people that don’t have any money are very, very lucky to live in Adams County,” Cookson said.

Source: National Post May 04, 2018 16:52 UTC