A recent article gave details of the identification of a WW2 soldier buried overseas where he died.
The family had the remains exhumed & transported to the USA for reburial.
I have given instructions to my family to turn my body over to a medical school or the local coroner, with further instructions that no burial rituals or other expenses be incurred.
My maternal grandfather was a funeral director & two of his sons were employed by him.
I was astonished at the cost of funerals & burials, especially those paid for by families which could not afford the expenses they incurred. That was many decades ago & I suppose funerals are even more expensive today.
My grandfather often complained when he charged as much as $1000 less for a funeral & then discovered that the family used the savings to buy a more expensive monument.
What is the reason for spending so much money on a dead body?
Note that Quakers have no clergy & members of a meeting make remarks which might be made by the clergy of other religions. A Quaker (Society of Friends) funeral joke Follows.
The family had the remains exhumed & transported to the USA for reburial.
Why do some people consider it necessary to go to the expenses involved in projects such as the above?
What difference does it make where a body is buried? The deceased is no longer capable of caring.
What difference does it make where a body is buried? The deceased is no longer capable of caring.
I have given instructions to my family to turn my body over to a medical school or the local coroner, with further instructions that no burial rituals or other expenses be incurred.
Funerals are expensive & surely do nothing for the deceased.
It seems better to me to spend the money on living relatives & perhaps on friends of the deceased.
It seems better to me to spend the money on living relatives & perhaps on friends of the deceased.
As far as I am concerned, just dig a hole & toss my body into it after the medical school is done with it.
My maternal grandfather was a funeral director & two of his sons were employed by him.
One was part time & merely retrieved bodies. As a teenager, I often accompanied this uncle into mines & other places.
The other embalmed bodies as a full time job. When circa 8-15, I watched this uncle embalm bodies. He was remarkable at make up & the use of photos to create the appearance of the face of a body crushed in a mine cave in or other accident which did extreme damage to the head.
The other embalmed bodies as a full time job. When circa 8-15, I watched this uncle embalm bodies. He was remarkable at make up & the use of photos to create the appearance of the face of a body crushed in a mine cave in or other accident which did extreme damage to the head.
I was astonished at the cost of funerals & burials, especially those paid for by families which could not afford the expenses they incurred. That was many decades ago & I suppose funerals are even more expensive today.
My grandfather often complained when he charged as much as $1000 less for a funeral & then discovered that the family used the savings to buy a more expensive monument.
What is the reason for spending so much money on a dead body?
Note that Quakers have no clergy & members of a meeting make remarks which might be made by the clergy of other religions. A Quaker (Society of Friends) funeral joke Follows.
At a Quaker funeral there was silence for 35 minutes. Then a man stood up & said the following
10 minutes later, a man sttod up and saidI did not know the deceased & would not know what to say on his behalf. Surely there is somebody hear who can say some kind words.
His late brother was worse.