Events

PMA Executive Director Casey Husseman-Brandt will be discussing Funeral Cooperatives and the Evolution of End-of-Life Care in Washington at the 2025 Cascadia Cooperative Conference. Their presentation is scheduled for 1:30p.

This session will explore how the cooperative model can help people navigate in spaces such as the end of life. By considering the existing models for end of life care in terms of death and funeral services along with support for aging in place, participants can explore how co-ops might be able to further support work in this area through hospice, assisted living, and even death doulas.

Nonprofit memorial associations exist across the US to help connect people with ethical funeral service providers often at a discount. The Co-op Funeral Home is North America’s largest not-for-profit, cooperative funeral home, serving over 800 Washingtonians annually.