Funeral = Burial or cremation?

Catlady

Catlady

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Do you wish to be buried or cremated?

I feel that spending a lot of money on burial is wasted money better used by the living. So I asked my daughter that when the time comes I shall be cremated and my ashes scattered under any pretty bush. I want no funeral or memorial and only my immediate family to view my body and people will be told after it's all over. I was shocked when my older sister, the executor, told me that each of my parent's funeral costs was about $12,000 in the early 1990's. It was their wish and their money and my sister was right to grant their wishes, but what a waste of money.

Of course, we all have our different views and opinions and plans, and I respect them all. Please share.
 

I want to be cremated. I know, once i'm gone it doesn't make a difference but the cost of burial is ridiculous and tying up land that will eventually be needed to house the living just doesn't make sense. Eventually cemeteries will be dug up to make way for expanding population. I will remain in the hearts and minds of Family and Friends, I don't need a 3 x 6 ft area at Forest Lawn for that. Anyway, it's cremation for me (though it's possible I could be over ruled once I'm gone).
 
Macfan said:
I want to be cremated. I know, once i'm gone it doesn't make a difference but the cost of burial is ridiculous and tying up land that will eventually be needed to house the living just doesn't make sense. Eventually cemeteries will be dug up to make way for expanding population. I will remain in the hearts and minds of Family and Friends, I don't need a 3 x 6 ft area at Forest Lawn for that. Anyway, it's cremation for me (though it's possible I could be over ruled once I'm gone).
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I feel the same.
 

Wife and I are being cremated and we have paid for it in advance. We carry membership cards in our wallets with instructions upon our demise.
 
Falcon said:
For all the reasons stated above, I have chosen cremation. Mine is all paid for & I carry a card in my wallet with instructions.
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Can you elaborate? I was going to let my daughter make all the arrangements and paying (with her inheritance) but I prefer to be as little a burden as possible. Where did you go to make arrangements and how much did it cost (if you don't mind telling). With pre-arranged funerals I've heard that sometimes the provider reneges or tries to get more money when it happens.
 
I had my will made out many years ago and it specifies burial. Since then I have changed my mind to cremation. I think I will save myself around 10 grand to spend on something to enjoy while still alive. Note to self....change will.
 
The wife and I will be cremated, no viewing just a memorial. Ashes to be burried within my parents grave.

My brother wanted his ashes spread on our parents grave, but a pass with a lawnmower will spread him further!!! He was burried 4 foot down by the cemetery..we are next..
 
I joined a Burial Society 25 years ago and paid $1,650. The cost includes removal of my deceased body where ever in the world I would die and taken to the closest Crematory for immediate cremation. My cremated remains would then be placed in a wooden container and sent to Oakland California where my daughter could then take them or have my cremains scattered in San Francisco Bay.
Considereing all the travel I was doing after retirement this was and is a practical choice.
 
Cremation? No, creeps me out to think of being burned, dead or not? My mother's wishes were to be cremated, which she was, but it's burned(no pun intended) in my memory in her final days when she asked me to remove all her nail polish for her because of cremation "rules". Ugh. My father had a regular burial, think I'll go that route.
 
I have made no plans. What I would like is to be wrapped in 100% cotton* sheet and taken by boat out far enough into the Atlantic to ensure my body would not upset anyone by washing up on shore; and dumped overboard. 2nd choice buried without a casket to ensure rapid decomp. I do not believe in cremation due to the large amount of nonrenewable resources used for the burning.



*or any 100% natural fiber
 
My plan is to be cremated. I went to a funeral home, paid for a cremation and told my daughters to go to a beach, scatter my ashes in the water and no service.
 
"I'm" getting a free ride to a med school specified in my will, in the hopes that some med student finds something interesting, while dissecting my body, and then goes on to do great things for his fellow species members, as a doctor. Cemeteries are a total waste of space.
 
I made arrangements with a local funeral home for a direct cremation with no services, burial in the family plot.

I paid in advance and the money is in a revocable trust that I can cancel anytime prior to my death for a full refund. If at some point I need to go on Medicaid I can convert the account to a non-revocable trust with Medicaid's blessing.
 
PVC said:
Can you elaborate? I was going to let my daughter make all the arrangements and paying (with her inheritance) but I prefer to be as little a burden as possible. Where did you go to make arrangements and how much did it cost (if you don't mind telling). With pre-arranged funerals I've heard that sometimes the provider reneges or tries to get more money when it happens.
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PVC, A friend recommended this place: McKenzie cremation & burial service. Signal Hill, CA

As I recall it was $600. They'll get my body, wherever I happen to be and stick a match to it.
 
Cremation for my husband and I both, ashes spread somewhere outdoors, in mountains, etc. No special place.
 
Cremation. Don't want a viewing, a funeral, or a memorial service. Hopefully my children will gather together and have a few drinks and share some funny stories and then get on with their lives.
 
Cremation.

No viewing, memorial or funeral service or hoopla period........no realitives or friends get notified of the death or cremation till after it's all over.

When the first one of us goes the remaining one brings the ashes home, when the remaining one goes we'll let the state of Okla. worry about what to do with our ashes.
 
Thank you for all your responses, KEEP them coming. And check out the other thread from 2015, I got a few chuckles from responses. I'm actually surprised that the majority of you agreed with me, I thought I would be one of the ''odd ones''.

Although the waste of money is my primary concern, I started thinking of cremation many years ago. I forget what year it was but there was a devastating flood in the Midwest near a big river due to endless rain. In a cemetery coffins came out of the ground and skeletons started floating around in the muddy water. Even though I KNOW that once you're dead nothing matters anymore, but I still think the body should be treated with respect. I don't want to think of my body being humiliated like that or by anyone. The photos and visuals were like a scene from ''The Walking Dead'.
 
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