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This business is dead in the water; Neptune Society prospers as demand increases for cremation, funerals at sea.
From:
Los Angeles Business Journal
| Date:
May 7, 1990| Author:
Blackman, Peter F.
| COPYRIGHT 1990 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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This business is dead in the water
With a strong sun, perfect blue sky and Catalina in the distance, it is a fine day for funerals three miles off the coast of San Pedro. The Neptune II, a floating funeral chapel, has 22 paying customers who won't be seasick today.
Husband and wife Dick and Alice Weiss run the vessel for the Neptune Society, a for-profit private company based in Burbank that cremates the dead and spreads their ashes at sea.
The Weiss...
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