Cremation or burial ? What is your choice ?

About donating one's body to science. That's not always possible. Donating a body is not a sure thing. When some die, at that time, no one has need of a body. Most researchers want a normal body. Patients with cancer are usually rejected, due to the damage done by the cancer.
 

fuzzybuddy said:
More people are opting for cremation rather than burial, and that got me thinking. What do you do with an urn full of Great Aunt Lucy's ashes? Most of us have sketchy memories of grandparents, but how about 2-3 generations more down the line? Aunt Lucy won't mean too much to them, but her ashes are out in the shed. What do you do with urns of ashes from distant relatives?
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My father was cremated. We got permission to bury the urn beside his mother's grave, at the feet. It has a small marker.
 
C50 said:
I've already mentioned that I will be cremated and my ashes placed in a creek or a natural spring behind my property, that way my essence will be spread over the place I loved.

I'm also considering a biodegradable urn. My thinking is that may be emotionally less painful for my kids than just dumping my ashes into the water, also they won't have to worry about ashes blowing into their eyes or mouth.lol. Seems easy enough to deposit the urn in the water and let it dissolve so my ashes simply float away.
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I also have a creek in the back yard. It connects to a river and eventually to the Atlantic ocean. If a few ashes find their way to the ocean that would be OK. If they stay in the neighborhood that would be fine too.
 

Please Don't Bury Me
Song by John Prine ‧ 1973

… Woke up this morning
Put on my slippers
Walked in the kitchen and died
And oh what a feeling
When my soul went thru the ceiling
And on up into heaven I did ride
… When I got there they did say
John, it happened this a'way
You slipped upon the floor
And hit your head
And all the angels say
Just before you passed away
These were the very last words
That you said

… Please don't bury me
Down in the cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

… Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get 'em out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I've got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose

… But please don't bury me
Down in the cold cold ground
I'd druther have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
The blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

… Give my feet to the footloose
Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
Don't pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane
It's a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my ass goodbye

… But please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size
 
Cremation. After my Daisy Dog passed last year, I pre-planned and pre-paid for my funeral. My first question was can my ashes be mixed with my pets’ ashes. He said yes. They won’t all fit in one urn, so the remaining ashes can be scattered.
 

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