Lincoln Park family reckons with death, debts, desperate fall from middle class
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After generations of stability, a Lincoln Park family reckons with death, debts and a desperate fall from the American middle class.

“Here’s Dad,” the funeral employee said, as she walked back into the room holding a small cloth bag.

“This is it?” Dave asked.

Dave picked up the bag and felt its weight. “He did a lot in his life. For it to end like this … it doesn’t make sense to me.”

“You can still have a service,” she told him. “You can still find a way to honor him.”

Dave looked up at the laminated menu of funeral home prices posted on the wall. “One-day visitation: $5300. Funeral service director: $1800. Limousine: $450.”