Do you know where you're going to be buried ?

My ashes are being scattered where I had my dog and Hubby ashes scattered, on Heather moorland , Its where we spent a lot of happy days out .
Last time I went was in July , I can still manage to get up there , its also my wish for my present dog to be cremated and ashes scattered in same spot .
 

Yes. I decided to have a "green burial". A funeral home near by us in mid-Missouri provides this service.
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From their website:
“Pushing Up Daisies” dba “Green Acres” was started to accomplish three goals:

  1. To give those people who want “The Ultimate way of Going Green” a choice to do so. Green Acres is a "Natural Burial Site" which means only those objects that are bio-degradable can be buried. No metal, Plastic, Concrete or embalming is allowed. We are "stewards" of the land and the protection of the earth is our primary concern. Do no harm to the land, water, or air.
A tour of the graveyard

 

Do you know where you're going to be buried ?​

Prefer my ashes to be tossed a couple hundred miles off shore on one of my commercial fisherman son's tuna trips

My lady has other plans
Says she'll put my cap on my urn and strap me to the passenger seat of the truck

And a shopping we'll go
 
We bought niches for our urns already 30 years ago when the cemetery of the Dutch Reformed Crystal Cathedral opened (at $1K a niche, now $6K, eternal maintenance included.) The late Rev. Schuller was the only clergyman in my life whom I truly admired. Regrettably, he was not good in managing money, and his ministry went bankrupt. When the Catholic Archdiocese of Orange County bought it and renamed the building Christ Cathedral, my Catholic wife rejoiced. Although most of the exterior was left unchanged, the inside was remodeled from a place of joy into prison, in my opinion. All right, as a Lutheran, I will be with my Catholic wife in a Catholic cemetery ever after. Here are a few pictures I took yesterday,

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I'm going to be cremated. And I know where I want my ashes to go- down my toilet. I want to end up in my septic tank. It's not me, it's my ashes. Years ago, I was all set to buy my lot. The closing was about a week away. I hired contractors and was having a well drilled. But the permit on the septic system expired. And, now, there were new regulations. This means the cost of a septic system could be tens of thousands more, and without a septic permit I couldn't go through closing. That would have tripled the price of the lot, so I might not want the lot at that price. And I have everything on a time table.


For a week, I lived with "septic systems" all day long, trying to get a new permit. Finally, the perk test came in-OK. It was a week of total grief. The permit upended everything. So, that's why I'm going in my septic system.
 
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packleader said:
We bought niches for our urns already 30 years ago when the cemetery of the Dutch Reformed Crystal Cathedral opened (at $1K a piece, now $6K, eternal maintenance included.) Rev. Schuller was the only clergyman in my life whom I truly admired. Regrettably, he was not good in managing money and his ministry went bankrupt. When the Catholic Archdiocese in Orange County bought it and renamed the building Christ Cathedral, my Catholic wife rejoiced. Although most of the exterior was left unchanged, the inside was remodeled from a place of joy into prison, in my opinion. All right, as a Lutheran, I will live with my Catholic wife in a Catholic cemetery ever after. Here are a few pictures I took yesterday,

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that looks lovely..
 
hollydolly said:
your headstone is already in place ? does that make you comfortable ?
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Yes, the head stone (with both our names) was placed when late husband died, my death date to be added later.....comfortable?....I guess, just another 'arrangement' completed. I have not visited the funeral home thing (for actual funeral arrangements) yet, having a hard time doing that. I'll probably write my wishes down for the kids to carry out, I do know for sure I don't want a 'hell and damnation' preacher.
 
Jackie23 said:
Yes, the head stone (with both our names) was placed when late husband died, my death date to be added later.....comfortable?....I guess, just another 'arrangement' completed. I have not visited the funeral home thing (for actual funeral arrangements) yet, having a hard time doing that. I'll probably write my wishes down for the kids to carry out, I do know for sure I don't want a 'hell and damnation' preacher.
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That’s what my mother and her husband did when he died. When she was in her later years I talked to and signed a contract for her funeral. Chose the coffin, etc. It took a lot of pressure off at the end. There were still many decisions.
 
What happens in other parts of the world - the non first world?

A friend‘s faith has cemeteries that are only in the non-arable land in a town. Minimal headstones and simplicity in everything about it.
 
hollydolly said:
is that close to where you live Nathan?...if so, do you walk around there, do you know exactly where your plot will be..?

I don't find this a morbid subject I think so many of including me really haven't made plans.. and perhaps should...
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When I mentioned morbid subject I was referring to the idea of "death." It was not intended to be a complaint, just an observation. :)
 

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