Funeral industry prepares for boomer generation

Monday, June 3, 2002

NEW YORK -- Death is hopefully decades away for Karen Bradford, but the 48-year-old is already preparing. She has purchased burial plots for herself and her husband, and is comfortable talking about what she views as the inevitable.

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