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Inexpensive as possible, and a celebration of eternal life.

I wouldn't mind one of those earth friendly burials where they just stick you in the ground naked and let nature clean you up. After what I have done to nightcrawlers it's only fair that they get a shot at me. And no big sad tearfest either. Have someone with broasted pork chops cater it, have a fun time.

My family has a block of plots in a small rural cemetery outside of Boise, ID. The cemetery is on land homesteaded by my great grandfather who sold a few acres to the county for that purpose. They will allow up two 4 urns on each plot so in recent years everyone buried there has been cremated to save space. My 1st wife died in '06 and is buried there. Earlier that year my father died and is also there.

My wife kept up a sense of humor about it. During Dad's burial, we were looking at the plot where we knew she would be be buried in the near future. She said to me "You're young enough that you'll likely remarry. There's plenty of room in there for 3 of us."

Speaking of expenses... When she died, cremations cost $1300. You can't find much of a pine box for that. Then, if you don't get a steel casket, you have to buy a vault. One or the other is required by most cemeteries. It has nothing to do with preserving the body. It's because they don't want the ground sinking as the casket deteriorates.

I'm going to skip it entirely.

She sounds like a keeper......

If only more of them had that attitude about the bedroom.

If I die before the the wife, she will throw me in the back pond and log onto the 'Fire 3 times a week and say 'Blow me', so as to not raise any suspicions.

That way she will still collect my pension.



Cremation for me, no coffin, no service, no nothing. Cheapest way possible.

Burial.
Pine box, no embalming (legal in CO), no big to-do about it.
I would prefer to biologically regenerate.
From a practical standpoint it is unlikely I will have any survivors and I distrust any local providers to do that correctly.


I like this -

I'm holding out for the rapture. But if I go too soon, and after they harvest all my useable organs, I'd like a simple box under a headstone that bares my name, my wife's name, a Chi Rho Cross, and the word "Halleluha!"

Give your body to the local medical school.

Jim

Cremation, then a good old fashioned Irish wake for my few friends and relatives.

And bury my ashes with those of my Dogs, out back of the house.

I'll drink to that!

Virgil B.

Toss me in a dumpster.I won`t care.

Cremation and buried 4 rows in front of High Brass in the WV veteran cemetery. I want someone to say, "Dave said, ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Just bury my azz and don't make a fuss"!

It's a weird thing knowing you will be dead FOREVER. Forever is one hell of a long time.

I like the idea of people mourning my loss for eternity so I would probably do something like this guy.








Clark

This country has some pretty bizarre funeral customs. The ghouls have turned it into a big business to prey on people when they are vulnerable.

Some really strange laws about spreading cremains too so it is best to keep your plans for loved ones to yourself as much as possible. Just tell the leeches you are going to put them on the mantle when they ask.

Jerry

What ever family wants, but not expensive. Military honors and Patriot Guard flag line. Burial in state military cemetery.

My Grandfather was 50 years a Mason, and we had a Masonic graveside ceremony as well.