Re: You know you're getting old...
Originally Posted by
Eliza
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I have decided on the No Funeral arrangement ,, this means when you die you are taken straight to the Crematorium and cremated . No service or keeping in a Cupboard for a week .
Cost is as low as a £1000, from a story I read , several well known people are taking this way out ..Davie Bowie for one and a famous Author
That's not a bad idea, although I suppose I'd leave it up to my family what they want to do. Whatever is easier for them. If they want a full service, fine. If they want to cremate me and have a small graveside service, fine. Or, no service at all. Cremate me and just have a get-together at home, I don't care. Whatever they can afford. I have life insurance and it will be enough to cover funeral and burial costs, but if they want to hold onto some of that money and not blow it all on me, I have no problem with it.
I get the idea behind pre-purchasing your own grave. In the end I suppose it's easier for the family because I don't want to put it all on them. But it's just the idea I find amusing, that once you make it past 50, the offers start rolling in
By the same token, however, any of us can die at any time. It's not a bad idea to have gravesites set up for everyone in the family.