NEW TREND: FUN FUNERALS

NEW TREND: FUN FUNERALS

BATESVILLE, Ind. (Wireless Flash) -- Baby boomers are putting the fun back in funerals. Funeral directors say they're fielding more requests from aging baby boomers who want to make sure their burial ceremonies will be fun affairs. A spokesman for the Indiana-based Batesville Casket Company says one late boomer requested exotic dancers at his funeral and a farmer wanted a tractor procession to the cemetery. Then there was a boxing coach whose family set up a boxing ring around the casket, complete with a drop-down microphone for mourners to share their memories of the deceased. Finally, the funeral for the man who created the Porta- Potty included a portable loo in the funeral home parking lot.