Cremation or burial.........Your preference ?

Cremation..I have 3 members of my family here, that were cremated, its comforting for me..
 

Cremation: with ashes to be spread in the area of our favorite family vacationing site
 

fureverywhere said:
I think it has a lot to do with family, faith and tradition. Something I never understood was why my Dad who has always been strongly for cremation decided on an open casket for my Mom. Maybe in his grief he just went with other's suggestions I don't know. It was ghastly though. If someone has been ill for quite some time they can't fix it. She was so pale and drawn when she died, I guess the undertaker tried to jazz her up a bit and did makeup she wouldn't be caught dead in. <<<cringe>>>

I want to remember someone in life, not as a stuffed painted body. Maybe some people find comfort but I didn't.
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I agree. My father had an open casket thing, and he didn't look like himself at all. Unfortunately, when I try to conjure up his face, the casket picture is what comes up. I wish it wasn't.

I buried my mother with a closed casket service. I'll be cremated.
 
I would prefer cremation, but my wife/family are not in agreement. Our families traditionally have gone the casket/bury way and "that's the way it's supposed to be". My wife has already purchased our cemetery plots.

I've worked many, many years "underground". Working anywhere from 5 FT deep to 250 FT deep, one of the things we always have been aware of is a cave in. I've been lucky enough to have survived these many years, but don't look forward to being "permanently" buried. However, I won't know a thing about it. So, it's not my wishes but what will make for the least angst amongst family when that time comes.
 

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