Oct 8, 2008

NJ Hearse club: put the fun back in funerals

Marijane Counselman and her friend Lisa Schiller co-founded a unique club called the Formaldarydes.

Counselman drives a vintage hearse through the streets of Woodbridge New Jersey. It’s a 1987 Cadillac hearse that she bought on eBay.

Marijane Counselman describes her car's virtues: incredible amount of trunk space, smooth ride and the freaky stares she gets on the street.

Her hearse is decorated with purple flames on the side, a life-size plastic skeleton in the back seat, and cobweb-motif spinner hubcaps.





Counselman is 23 and has a 4-year-old son and a 3-month-old daughter.

The car is so much fun to drive that even her mother-in-law, Sharon Counselman, takes it to her job at the main branch of the Woodbridge Public Library, earning her plenty of sideways glances.

Formaldarydes co-founder Lisa Schiller links her desire for a hearse to a life-long love of horror films.

She said her hearse in not welcomed by everyone on her street.

Her block would look like a Leave it to Beaver neighborhood but the hearse gives her house a Munsters’ look.

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