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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Green Funerals and the Changing Role of a Funeral Director
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:06:10
	Publish Date:		2018-05-15 06:52:48
	Description:		The death care industry has undergone a lot of changes in recent years and it’s more than just that formal burials are down and cremations are up. In the first of a two part series about death care in the Northwoods, we’ll hear about green funerals and how the job of a local funeral director has changed. WXPR’s Mackenzie Martin reports. So it turns out, there are a lot of options when you’re planning a funeral, a lot more than there were 20 or 25 years ago. Mike Bolger - of Bolger Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Minocqua and Woodruff - is the 4th generation of Funeral Directors in his family. His great grandfather started the business in 1896. In 1905 when Wisconsin started issuing licenses, his great grandfather and his two brothers were the 4th, 5th, and 6th licenses in the state. A lot has changed since then. Bolger used to show up in a suit and tie with a hearse everytime he picked up a body, but today, his clothes are more casual and you’ll see him driving around town with
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