It says so much when a working family can't even afford to bury the dead

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50. What you are really saying is that they can not afford to dispose of a body.

A very wonderful service can be done by family and friends anywhere, any time. When my father in law died My husband and his brother and sister made up the service , provided the music and a friend who had been a minister added his two cents. It was a lovely time together. I hope that your friend and her family take the time to do this, be it in someone's home, at a park or a church...anywhere.

My father died and we could not make the trip. For his birthday that same year he had requested that instead of singing Happy Birthday we play it on kazoos. He died at Christmas so my husband , son , friend and I went to dad's village where he grew up and sat in the park and kazooed Christmas carols in his memory. We did this on the same day as others were having his funeral 1400 miles away. It is a memory that none of us will forget.

Now back to the body. I hope that your friend can get enough money to bury her loved one as cost effectively as possible. Make sure she knows that the frills can be free and memorable with some imagination!