A method for providing funeral services and funeral related merchandise includes the steps of providing a membership company for offering and administering memberships, in which the membership company charges and collects a fee from members, and enters agreements with providers of funeral services and funeral related merchandise. The pressure panel is movable between an outwardly-inclined position and an inwardly-inclined position to compensate for a change of pressure inside the container. The actuator includes a lever for opening and closing the jaws, a knob for rotating the jaw assembly, and a crank for dispensing clips. The end portion extends out of the main body through the opening.