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About the
Acclaimed Authors of
Traversing the Minefield
Michael
Kubasak |
Mike
Kubasak
is the author of Cremation and the Funeral Director, the
1990 best-seller that sparked a revolution in understanding cremation
consumers — and in how American funeral homes handle cremation. Mike
grew up in funeral service; attended Arizona State University and the
California College of Mortuary Science; and from 1972 to 1997 owned &
operated Valley Funeral Home in Burbank, CA, which earned NFDA’s Pursuit
of Excellence “Eagle” Award. Mike is President of Kubasak Associates,
Inc., a Mesquite, Nevada, firm that consults with funeral homes
throughout the U.S. and Canada. Mike is widely known as the “funeral
director’s coach” and is one of the most in-demand speakers in the
profession, having delivered dozens of standing-room only presentations.
He is also frequently called upon as an expert witness in funeral-home
litigation.
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William M.
Lamers, Jr., M.D. |
Dr. Bill Lamers,
a psychiatrist based in Malibu, California, is one of the nation’s most
renowned experts on funeral customs, bereavement and end-of-life care.
He is a long-time member and former president of the International Work
Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement; a veteran of the U.S. Navy
Medical Corps; and a graduate of the Marquette University School of
Medicine. Dr. Lamers founded one of the nation’s first hospice programs
in the early 1970s — Hospice of Marin in Northern California — and
serves as medical consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America. Dr.
Lamers has served on the faculties of the University of Southern
California in San Francisco, the Tom Baker Cancer Center in Calgary,
Alberta, and the University of Calgary Medical School. He has written
extensively on the value of funerals and frequently serves as an expert
witness in cases involving death and emotional distress. |
Traversing
the Minefield
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