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larryddavis: 3 months ago via iPhone

My family asked me if I want to be buried whole? Or cremated?Help me out here! I have no idea!

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fredg2013: 3 months ago

How old are you? Anyway, buried whole means being buried in a cemetary, in a vault in a coffin. Cost now for this, on the average, is about $8,000, not including a headstone or bronze marker.
Cremated means put in a hot oven, burned to ashes, and then the ashes are put in an Urn, to be put anywhere your loved one want. Cost is about, on the average, $900.
So, it's up to you, and how much your loved ones can spend when you die. Good luck.

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larryddavis: 3 months ago via iPhone

Thanks I'll need insurance I want to be buried Whole

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fredg2013: 3 months ago

Please buy a Whole life policy if you can afford it. It would build some interest in savings, but not much. You can also buy a "burial policy", or pay a funeral home monthly until you pay off a burial; providing of course that you intend to stay in that town!

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NYudeszzz: 3 months ago

You can chose to be buries whole instead of being cremated. This is because they will always remember you when see your grave because the ashes might not be preserved.

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larryddavis: 3 months ago via iPhone

Your right my ashes maybe knocked off the shelf and the dog may eat them

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simplymelchie: 3 months ago | Last edited at 4:33AM on 2/18/2013

If I were you, I'd prefer to be buried whole.. Cremation is like dying twice. If I'd die, I like the nature to decompose me slowly and not the humans burning me and putting me into a small jar.

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akilghosh: 3 months ago

Still got a long way to go milchie. How you doing?

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simplymelchie: 3 months ago

hopefully Akil.. I'm good.. Just confused.

How about you?

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akilghosh: 3 months ago

confused? oh you women always are :P

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akilghosh: 3 months ago

im okay. just a little pissed. I bought a laptop and its showing complaints.

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larryddavis: 3 months ago via iPhone

Thanks I agree I don't want to be the first of my family to be burned up

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simplymelchie: 3 months ago

Akil- yup.. woman nature :P .. return it, it has warranty, right?

larry- lol..

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AliMarie111001: 3 months ago

I would prefer to be buried whole because I do not want to be turned into ash...that is just my opinion.

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larryddavis: 3 months ago via iPhone

I agree you may just end up eaten by the dog

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boo153: 3 months ago via iPhone

I prefer cremation. It's better for the land, cheaper on the family and I've seen too many overrun, abandoned graves... So much for remembrance.

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larryddavis: 3 months ago via iPhone

Put me in a hefty garbage bag and set me out by the curb it doesn't really matter

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boo153: 3 months ago via iPhone

True that!

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CalTex: 3 months ago

Funny story. My father was a very pragmatically minded mechanical engineer who was a genius at devising mechanical solutions to problems around the home but, to the consternation of the rest of us, rarely considered aesthetics in his approach. His desire was to be cremated when he died -- probably because it was the most efficient way of disposing of an unneeded body -- and his remains interred in a predesignated cemetery plot.

When that time came, the funeral directory asked us what type of urn we would want, and gave us the price range ($800 - $3,000 as I recall). I asked if no urn was an option since it seemed such a waste to spend that much money just to bury it in the ground. I asked how the ashes were delivered from the crematorium. They came in a 12" cubed cardboard box. I asked if we could just go with that? The director looked a bit askance and agreed it was possible if that is what we wanted, but it was highly unusual. My mother and sister agreed and I am certain my father would have been in agreement.

Then came the memorial service which was staged by the same funeral home. There under the canopy set up at the gave site was a small table covered with with a beautiful, ornate white cloth, upon which was displayed that brown, corrugated cardboard box with the crematorium's gum label containing my dad's name written with a felt marker. We thought maybe the funeral home would have put a doily or something over it, but we were ultimately pleased because it represented Dad like no other presentation could have.

If we had it to do over, we would request that we be allowed to first gift wrap it with a bow on top.

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boo153: 3 months ago via iPhone

I like! I'm all for the cardboard box, no funeral rites needed.

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