The AARP can’t seem to help itself when it comes to funerals or any end of life issue. It’s becoming almost compulsive that at least once a month in at least one of their publications they have to highlight something negative about funeral homes, or dying, etc. One would think that their readership, let’s say who “aren’t getting any younger” really don’t want to be reminded monthly of their imminent appointment with their local funeral director.

In the AARP March Bulletin they tried to stir something up that really isn’t a story. A funeral home in Idaho found a great location for their new building, albeit by nursing home, but a great location none the less. The neighbors saw it differently and started protesting. The reaction of the funeral home co-owner, James Asper was, “We didn’t expect the outrage that we got, so we decided to look somewhere else.” So the funeral home owners did the right thing, the community didn’t want them in that particular location, so instead of fighting them they decided to look elsewhere, as any good community business would.

So what’s the big deal AARP?

The funeral home found a location, the community didn’t like it, so the funeral home owners looked elsewhere.

I guess I should be happy that it wasn’t some horror story about how a funeral home absconded with $100,000 in pre-need funds, but for goodness sakes AARP, give it a rest already.