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Cremation was my choice made when I was in the military in the 60's and remains my choice today. My wife will let my ashes go on the California coast near Big Sur and into the ocean. Strikes me as return to where life may have originated on our planet. No services and a simple obit. Minimal costs. Cremation has been a longstanding family choice going way back.
Well since burial at sea is no longer legal I will have to be cremated first. I will be taking one of my best friends out for that in May. He is hanging out on our other friends mantle until then. I have a friend that carries his friend around with him every he travels. We have taken him out fishing a couple of times. Don't know who he was when he was alive but he continues to travel in a coffee can with his friend. That's a bit of dedication.
Long ago I bought an "Anywhere" Cremation from a long established Society. That means, anywhere in the USA my remains are, they will be processed at no extra cost. Some Societies have a per mile charge that is really exorbitant.
Cremains may be picked up, or not. A chapel is available and, if a Vet, they will set up interment in a National Cemetery at low cost.
Fair price at the time and considering inflation a huge savings over now.
Just my way of passing with the fewest hassles for the kids.
~Richard
You seem in a contrary mood tonight. :) I won't argue specifics but I think that my original post gets my point across.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
I told my wife to use the cheapest legal means to dispose of my body and put the same in my will. I hate how funeral parlors play on peoples emotions to run up the bill. If it was legal, Id be happy with a glad bag and a spot for eternity in the local landfill.
funny how things change .. my great grandparents parents and other relatives were all buried in there back yard , actual caskets and headstones but never the less , in there own backyard .. .. I like that idea but in todays time and all the documentation , building and stuff going on , that wont work where I live ..lol..
as far as me I would want to be burned in a wooden boat and cast down a trout stream , but since that's not allowed and hard to hide I guess I would settle for cremation and dumped in a trout stream in the mountains some place ..
I remember a tale from a friend who told me they had a member of there trap league who told his wife and best friend that he wanted to be cremated and loaded into shotgun shells and fired on the trap line with the rest of his remains dumped in the field with the busted clay targets !! I wasn't there to confirm but I guess the members did a big ceremony and followed through !
When my father had passed and his widow had picked the urn I proceeded to haggle with the guy at the funeral home for a better price. My cousins were horrified when they heard the story and my step mother had said shh a couple of times while I was beating the guy down on price, but it's just business. If anyone pays full price for my cremation I will haunt them. Around here caskets are not an issue because they are made locally by family and friends. They are very low cost to the family and some of the nicest caskets you will ever see.
I don't like the concrete vaults required for overpriced caskets and don't like cremation either. If I cannot find a means of natural burial I guess I would have to convert in order to be buried in a Jewish cemetery in the dirt.
My actual preference is composting, but my wife rather emphatically ruled it out.
I say harvest anything or everything still of use for transplants etc, then toast the rest and scatter the ashes to the 4 winds, no need for a rock or plaque anywhere for me.
My spirit lives on in my children and doesn't need anything to know where they will be.
I want to go the cheapest way possible, so it's cremation for me. I don't want my final act to be a sucker for the burial industry. I've never seen the logic of cutting down a majestic rain forest tree just to make a casket, which will then be placed back in the ground to rot. Seems like the ultimate selfish act to me. Folks around here kind of view cremation as "unchristian". Where this silly idea started I have no idea...I suspect propaganda put out by the funeral industry.