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37chief

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I attended the funeral of a long time resident today. Her Dad raised cattle for many years. She was 97. The hearse arrived with the body in a plain pine box, set it on the lower platform. After the service it was lowered, and a few of us shoveled the grave closed. I guess it's nice to see a fancy coffin, but it is such a waste of money. Most every one does it. Stan
 
We are going to be cremated, and when I found out I had cancer I made 2 oak boxes, like the ones the funeral homes sell for $200! I help take care of our cemetery, and I don't like to see plain caskets with no vault, the grave starts caving in pretty quickly. I have leveled many tombstones that are tipping into a grave. Recently there was a guy buried in a cardboard casket with no rough box, it will be caving in within 2 years. If people want a cheap burial, cremate!
 
I told my wife and daughter a few weeks ago that when I'm gone to have my body cremated. Have one of my tractor buddy's plow a furrow in the back yard and put part of my ashes in the furrow and cover it up on the land that has been in my family since 1917. Take some more and have one of my shooting buddy's load it in a shotgun shell with some # 8 shot and bust a clay with it. Take the last of it and have one of my fishing buddy's drop it in the water just off of the the Florida keys. Other than my family those are the three things I enjoyed the most.
 
Cremation for us. Part of mine and her ashes at the park where we met. The rest loaded in my hunting partners #7 shot for one last bird hunt.
 
The local Catholic priest had a pine coffin made in the style seen in the old western movies. He used it for a coffee table in his living room.
 
Pine box coffin can be made for about $100.00 in wood from Menards, cordless drill and hand tools - what I made about 12 years back after first cancer treatment. Older Brother might need it before me, could have used it couple year back with other younger brother that got cremated- $500.00 to rent coffin for viewing, could have saved the money. RN
 
I think when the President of the U.S. passes, the funeral uses a pine box. My Dad was in the Canadian Navy during WWII and always said if its good enough for the President its good enough for him. Unfortunately I couldn't get one for him and we used whatever we could get.
 
Both my wife and I will be cremated and our ashes scattered under a particular old oak tree that over looks our property.
 
I told my wife the first project when I retire will be to build my coffin. She said that was morbid. I told her "If you are not ready to die, you are not ready to live". BTW, it's gonna be wood old western style.
 
I helped fill in the grave of my friends dad summer before past. They are fairly well to do. The parents have/had everything pre-arranged and I was quite surprised not to see a copper vault. We shovelled the dirt directly on top of the casket. I guess it makes sense but I?ve helped many a time to close graves and that was the first time there wasn?t at least a rough box.
 
The fancy casket will eventually disintegrate or at least leak so nothing is saved but the time when the inevitable occurs. The area I grew up in it wasn't uncommon to go to a cemetery and see sunken graves.

If someone is going to build a pine box I would at least use pressure treated.
 
I too, oversee our cemetery. We have a separate section for burials with no vaults, set up so that no wheeled traffic needs to cross that area...such as backhoe and vault trucks...and the grass is to be cut with a smaller mower.
Ben
 
Well I will be buried next to my late wife and my parents. I don't know what the casket will be but it will not be an expencive one. But we have to have concrete vaults, not allowed without the vault. The stone has been setting since 19 about 95 on plot cotten back in 78.
 
Buried my dad and mom within the last 8 years. Did most of the funeral planning along with my sisters. Guess I buried my first wife 23 years ago as well. I believe it is mandatory in Iowa that a concrete vault is used. Maybe that is just what is common or expected. Sort of lead to believe it was the law. There is a group of Munks east of Manchester, Iowa, which is in Northeast Iowa that make wooden coffins for sale to the public. Toured the grounds once. They do beautiful work.
 
Have it in my will that I will be cremated and there will be no notice of my death in the paper. Those that should know will be told by others. There also will be no memorial service. Treat me right while I'm alive and don't mourn me when I'm dead. Wife and I both agreed to this plan. Unfortunately she passed away in 1997 and I followed our plan and I'll do the same if someone doesn't change things after I'm gone. If they do, I'll haunt them.
 
Talking to our pastor the other day...

He does a few funerals on the side for extra money.

Said the funeral industry is in trouble. The costs have gotten so high more people are opting for cremation.

That's what we are planning, simple cremation, no frills, church memorial service.

Or, this alternative would be OK with me...
Homegrown Tomatoes
 
I have stepped into whatever was left of a pine or wood casket in an old cemetery, link below. It was hard to tell what was what in this place, was a forest/jungle like place. Went up to my knee, saw what was in there and thankfully was able to get out.
 
Our cemetery has vaults if someone wants to use one. The lady's son just wanted her to be buried without the vault. Our cemetery is a private one. Stan
 
My wife told me she will put my ashes in a coffee can and throw it out in a road ditch somewhere. I told her...I won't care!
 
I made cremation containers for my mom & dad, and mother-in-law. several years ago. Dad died a few years ago. He's currently sitting on his dresser where mom can bid him good night each night. When she goes, we'll all go to the cemetery and plant them in a pair of mini concrete vaults that the local headstone supplier makes for $50 each.
 
I mow the cemetary a couple of lots over from me. About ten years ago when mowing the first time you could see where one had slowly sunk. About two feet. It took several dump carts behind my garden tractor to level it off. The grass has filled in very nicely. I told my sister to just dump me out in the fence row. Sorry but this country is so screwed up that nothing makes sense any more. Old west on the trail you were lucky if they piled some rocks on you. Like the plains Indians with the platforms. Watch the movie ,Windwalker. A very nice family film about an Indian family and their old grandfather. My kind of hero. WOW I found it on utube. Please give it a watch.
WINDWALKER
 
The urn I will leave in is on the roof of truck. For fun and for the future Scotts they will know their grandfather had a sense of humor. Got about 50 different shots with me and the urn in it. Got it at an auction 7 years ago for five bucks still in the box.


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Morbid topic for sure, but something that should be considered and talked about no less. I agree with the idea of cremation. And rather than buying/renting a coffin for the funeral, I would prefer my mortal remains to be taken and cremated as soon as would be convenient. If my family wish to hold a celebration of life sometime later, that would be of course their choice. Far too much money is spent nowadays on a flashy send off, and funeral homes bilk thousands of dollars out of people in their time of grief. And use every sales tactic in the book to enrich their own profits. Too much drama.
I have been a pallbearer at least a dozen times, and every casket I have ever carried was placed into a concrete vault. A few times we were asked to even put the lid on the vault, but not anymore. After the service, the backhoe puts the lid on and lowers it into the grave after everyone has gone.
 
We have to use a vault. Supposedly prevents ground water contamination. Cremation gets a sealed unit.
 
A vault is not required in Ontario. A person can request a vaultless burial and cemeteries must comply. Most cemeteries do have a section for vaultless burials mainly for looks, but also in an area that will have no traffic.
Ben
 
Go to the woods dig a hole thro me in it back fill the hole. No need to pay the big bucks. RB
 
(quoted from post at 21:26:31 01/22/19)
(quoted from post at 21:01:15 01/22/19) Go to the woods dig a hole thro me in it back fill the hole. No need to pay the big bucks. RB
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Yup, same here.
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My first choice would be to die in the woods on a nice day and nobody find me.
 
The only burial I’ve ever seen was with a wooden coffin set in the grave, dirt filled around and just over the top, then they put arched, corrugated metal over the casket and then filled the grave.

I once read on another forum where a young man was cremated, then his family and friends took his ashes, put them in a wheat drill, poured a bottle of whiskey, a case of beer, and a torn up carton of cigarettes in there with them and planted him in his favorite river bottom.

My parents have already arranged to donate their bodies to some organization. I can’t bring myself to ask them what will be done, organ and tissue donation or some type of research, but no funeral. They just want a celebration for their family and friends.

-Scott
 
Mrs. 730 told me many times I don't want funeral or to be buried . When she was very sick she told me I want to go home I didn't if she meant with God or where we live.
We had a memorial service at a later time I scatted her ashes here. She told I don't want to be buried in the ground.
when talking to her brother he said Virg she couldn't have made it much easier for you.
Susie was a big Chicago cubs fan the funeral home has a Cubs urn they will loan to people so I barrowed it.
 
Here in Ohio ALL cemetarys fall under the rull that there has to be a vault. Only way around is not getting burried.
 
exactly what I would like to happen. Someday a hunter would come along, stare a moment, kick my bones & wander on. No need for a fuss, got along without one for thousands of years.
 
(quoted from post at 19:49:57 01/22/19) But, when my Mom passed and Dad 2 1/2 months later in 2012 the cost of cremation was $9000 and a full funeral was $10,250. We went with the full funeral.
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Wow! Checked into cremation a while back and found an organization through Google that tells you exactly what to do in your state and what it costs. Can't remember the name but was easy to find. In Oklahoma it can be done for about $1200.00. The price included everything from picking up the body to official copies of the death certificate.
 
First thing, plan ahead! Don't leave your arrangements to your family and loved ones. I have a friend/customer that has a funeral home and he says many poor decisions are made by grieving family members. We are going to be cremated and you can prepay and even if you die elsewhere, another state whatever, professional courtesy/agreement, you will taken care of.
 
I built this one for a friend that wanted his ashes buried in his motorcycle helmet.
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My friend always wanted to go bear hunting with me. He never made it, my friend Donnie died just before we were to leave on that bear hunting trip

I loaded some of his ashes into my .44 shell casings, so Donnie did go on that hunting trip with me, he killed a bear on the second day.
 
Bob, my neighbor shopped around and found a place in the St. Louis area that had a good price on cremation, including transportation of the body and a container for the ashes. He prepaid for the service. When he died the family tried to contact this outfit, and they were nowhere to be found. They went to the local funeral home and paid a second time for the same service. Not saying that you found a crooked outfit, but they are out there.
 
That's what it costs here in MI as of last May. $1200. I have the receipt here somewhere. Wife wanted to be put in the front yard with her flowers. The church brought out a Rose of Sharon for a memorial so she's helping push it up.
 
Dad chose the least expensive box he could buy, Mom will be cremated and buried with him- they will do that.

I told my wife to toss me on the manure pile and spread me in the vineyard. I suspect in all the excitement and celebration, they may just forget. Visitation at noon, the auction starts at 12:30!!
 
(quoted from post at 01:26:48 01/23/19) Take the last of it and have one of my fishing buddy's drop it in the water just off of the the Florida keys. Other than my family those are the three things I enjoyed the most.
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Dad wanted part of his ashes spread in the ocean off of Venice, FL. Illegal to do this. My niece's husband is a commercial fisherman and took the ashes way off shore. Still not legal but no one but the family knew about it.
 
My first choice would be to die in the woods on a nice day and nobody find me.
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+1

But one of my friends said, "Oh sure. That sounds great until the neighbors dog brings home your femur. That'll cause a ruckus."
 
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