Prepaid funeral plans

[gggg...@gmail.com]

Has anything changed since this article appeared about 10 years ago?:

https://consumerist.com/2008/01/04/prepaid-funeral-planning-dont-do-it/

[gggg...@gmail.com]

On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 7:21:35 AM UTC-10, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
> Has anything changed since this article appeared about 10 years ago?:
>
> https://consumerist.com/2008/01/04/prepaid-funeral-planning-dont-do-it/

Here is a NY TIMES article from earlier this year:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/smarter-living/death-funeral-planning.html

[The Real Bev]

Simple cremation in California from some organization (not Neptune) is
~$650. That includes a plastic container of ashes to take home.
'Burial' at sea is extra. Certified death certificates (go in to the
registrar's office and pay) are $21 each.

OTOH: <http://www.sciencecare.com/california-no-cost-cremation/>

I would wish a Forest Lawn funeral only on my worst enemies. An actual
funeral at one's own church/etc. with one's own pastor/etc. is very
different.

--
Cheers, Bev
I didn't break it! It was doing that before I broke it... er...

[Michael Black]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2018, The Real Bev wrote:

> On 08/03/2018 10:49 AM, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 7:21:35 AM UTC-10, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Has anything changed since this article appeared about 10 years ago?:
>>>
>>> https://consumerist.com/2008/01/04/prepaid-funeral-planning-dont-do-it/
>>
>> Here is a NY TIMES article from earlier this year:
>>
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/smarter-living/death-funeral-planning.html
>
> Simple cremation in California from some organization (not Neptune) is ~$650.
> That includes a plastic container of ashes to take home. 'Burial' at sea is
> extra. Certified death certificates (go in to the registrar's office and pay)
> are $21 each.
>

I think I just heard on the news the other day that things have tipped,
more people are being cremated than buried. Even my mother two years ago
went with cremation, I hadn't expected that. The ashes are supposed to
be buried with her parents, but their still behind the tv set.

Nothing's more permanent than death, so why worry about it? Let someone
else deal with it. I'm joking.

I was just reading that the tombstones where my great, great grandmother
and her siblings are buried were in bad shape. No government money,
though it's considered a historical site. But the church finally got some
money from somewhere and worked on the graveyard. But the money ran out
before they were all done. So some "Clan Ross' group raised some money
and finished it off, the website detailing it even had a photo of my
great, great grandmother's tombstone all restored.

It's weird to be uncovering all this family history, and the reason I can
is that family history is actually some level of history, period.

Michael

[dollyw...@gmail.com]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 16:17:53 -0400, Michael Black <mbl...@pubnix.net>
wrote:

>I think I just heard on the news the other day that things have tipped,
>more people are being cremated than buried. Even my mother two years ago
>went with cremation, I hadn't expected that. The ashes are supposed to
>be buried with her parents, but their still behind the tv set.

Why spend the money on cremation. Just leave the body behind the tv set.