I found my Dad dead this morning

[Feral Child]

139. Respect, RedRocco.

I don't want to start a controversy or threadjack with an argument about religion, so I won't respond to any argumentative posts here.


IF you are not religious (and I mean no disrespect if you are) you should consider cremation. My mother's "funeral" cost $500 in the late '70s.

In actuality, she wasn't religious (a disenchanted Catholic) and cremation was her wish, but the cost of caskets, embalming, etc would have been about $10,000. I always considered that kind of thing a macabre waste of money the living could use better, but some folks need the closure of the ceremony and I wouldn't deny them that.

BTW, in Missouri at that time an urn and a burial plot were still required, even w/cremation; your state may have different regulations. She had already purchased a plot, the $500 included the urn.

I believe that the VA will allow internment of cremains in a national cemetery, in fact, I believe it's easier to find space for cremains.

Respect to you and your family and I hope this doesn't offend.