Cremation or burial ? What is your choice ?

Organ and body parts donation, if anything is left and healthy enough to be salvaged. My wife did not like this idea; I guess she wanted to be buried next to me in accordance with our religious custom. I offered to save her whatever is left over. Which could well be the whole thing.

BTW why is this question in the Retirement Living section?
 
I paid for my Funeral last year and its going to be Cremation, I also applied online to opt out of body parts donation , I got the letter for that too .
 
I was shopping funeral homes for cremations last week. Best price I could find was twenty eight hundred for the bare bones plan with no bells and whistles. That way they can just dump my ashes in the creek running through my property. I am just trying to make it as simple as possible for my immediate family. I have no idea if that is a good price or not?
 
oldpop said:
I was shopping funeral homes for cremations last week. Best price I could find was twenty eight hundred for the bare bones plan with no bells and whistles. That way they can just dump my ashes in the creek running through my property. I am just trying to make it as simple as possible for my immediate family. I have no idea if that is a good price or not?
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That amount is about $1,000.00 higher than the basic cost here in Toronto. I was the OP of this thread. JimB.
 
Cremation is only about 1/10th the cost of burial, and we are not millionaires. About 30 years ago, we already bought a niche for about $1,000 to fit two urns at the Dutch-Reformed Crystal Cathedral that changed hands and is now the Catholic Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove near Los Angeles. The price for 1 niche is now about $6,000 for only one urn. So, when I say cremation is less expensive, then I have the old prices in mind. P.S., Neptune Society used to be great but has now crazy prices although their website has still very useful information about the cremation process.
 
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