I've had a couple days of ALMOST no spending -- I did use .60 to make some copies at the library. I needed to make a copy of my insurance card for the good folks who will doing my colonoscopy next month. I also wanted to make a copy of the deed to my family plot -- I don't know if there is still room in it, but I am thinking about my eventual demise (a LONG way off, I hope!) and want to make things easy for my kids, who will have to do something with my mortal remains. If there is space in the family plot, I will arrange to be buried there. Otherwise, I think cremation is a good option. All pretty creepy to think about, I know. But let's face it, death WILL happen to all of us!
Cremation or burial?
February 10th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
February 11th, 2008 at 12:02 am 1202688156
I've made it clear to my wife that I want a traditional Jewish burial in a plain unlined pine box. They are $599 online. Even better, would be cremation and dumping my ashes in the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney World but DW says she refuses to cremate me.
February 11th, 2008 at 02:01 am 1202695303
I am all for what I personally refer to as the "torch method." It is the cheapest way to go. Funerals may be one of, if not THE, greatest scams of all times. Unless you have planned it out beforehand, you are basically a person/family who is distraught and is also at the mercy of a funeral director. @@ No thanks!
My father had always insisted he be creamated, so that is what we did. I can't imagine anything worse than not only having someone you love die, but then, not following thru on their request as to how/when/where they want to be "buried." :-/
February 11th, 2008 at 05:27 am 1202707669
But anyway, I just recently read an article about Green funerals and I think thats for me. Basically they just bury you in a simple wooden casket without the vault and without being embalmed. You really do return to the earth that way.
February 11th, 2008 at 05:39 am 1202708390
pick up from our home; cremation; 15 offical death certificates; a nice wooden box for his ashes and two smaller matching boxes for some more ashes (gave these two to special relatives); $50 of this went to the county coroner who has to inspect all bodies in this County before cremation.
I could have also used the funeral home's chapel for the servies, included in the price, but I didn't like the chapel so found another venue.
I recommend contacting the funeral home a few weeks/months in advance (if you have some idea of impending need) and setting it all up. It doesn't take long at all.
When you pick up the ashes (although the funeral home I used will also bring them to your home), the box is in a velvet bag and there's a certificate of cremation.
I keep them on my bookshelf.
February 11th, 2008 at 01:51 pm 1202737874
This is a traditional Jewish burial.
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February 11th, 2008 at 05:09 pm 1202749751
I also want to be cremated, but my husband does not. I think we should honor a person's wishes.
February 11th, 2008 at 09:11 pm 1202764270
So yes, Orthodox burial is different than the typical Jewish burial today.
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