To: greatdefender
We decided years ago not to go the mortuary route. Where we live, we can bury loved ones on our own property within 24 hours of death, provided no autopsy is needed and no communicable disease was involved.
No embalming fluid, $10,000.00 casket, or creepy funeral home for us. It will be a celebration of life, not a gloom and doom crying fest.
The current funeral ritual in the U.S. is one of the most gruesome (and one of the biggest rackets), in the world, IMO.
11 posted on
10/14/2010 8:23:17 AM PDT by
teenyelliott
(www.thewaterrock.com)
To: teenyelliott
I am interested in this concept. What can you tell me about it in greater detail? What State? Etc.
12 posted on
10/14/2010 8:25:19 AM PDT by
Manly Warrior
(US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" (my spelling is generally korrect!))
To: teenyelliott
Amen, it makes me sick to think my family would spend $$$ on such foolishness. I like cremation, it's quick, sterile, and takes up no space once reduced to ashes. Why people want to doll up their dead, putrefying bodies is weird to me.
15 posted on
10/14/2010 8:34:15 AM PDT by
pepperdog
(Why are Democrats Afraid of the Military Vote?)
To: teenyelliott
The current funeral ritual in the U.S. is one of the most gruesome (and one of the biggest rackets), in the world, IMO.
Yes, it's really obscene how otherwise financially sensible people are made to feel obligated to participate in these colossal wastes of money. I definitely plan to look into alternatives.
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