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Lawyerlady


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I fully intend to be buried in our local natural cemetery.  I want to be wrapped in a muslin shroud and returned to the earth with a beautiful Japanese maple planted above me.  I could choose a simple pine box or cardboard box instead of the shroud, but I like the shroud idea.  

DH wants to be cremated.  

Natural burials have no embalming, no nasty chemicals, and do not require a ridiculous waste of money on a stupid casket.  They also don't emit toxic chemicals into the air like cremation.  

Americans and their embalming methods are seen as weird, with only vaults being considered more weird because they deny the natural decomposition process and return to the earth.  

Jews are supposed to be buried within 72 hours without embalming, Muslims are 24 hours, I think.  Christianity doesn't really call for any particular process.  

 

What is your plan??



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Cremation.

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Cremation.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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 No.  I don't want to do that. 



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Cremation.

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I would choose a plain wooden box with no embalming.

I think our state laws prohibit burial without a vault though. I hope that changes before I die.

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just Czech wrote:

I would choose a plain wooden box with no embalming.

I think our state laws prohibit burial without a vault though. I hope that changes before I die.

 I know Florida requires a vault.



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just Czech wrote:

I would choose a plain wooden box with no embalming.

I think our state laws prohibit burial without a vault though. I hope that changes before I die.

 It's actually legal in all 50 states, but finding a provider can be difficult.  You can actually be buried on private land in Nebraska, but all burials must be supervised by a funeral director, which is probably why everyone thinks vaults are required.  



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Southern_Belle wrote:
just Czech wrote:

I would choose a plain wooden box with no embalming.

I think our state laws prohibit burial without a vault though. I hope that changes before I die.

 I know Florida requires a vault.

 Nope.  Although most cemeteries do to avoid the ground sinking as everything breaks down. 

And Florida requires embalming or refrigeration if the body is not disposed of within 24 hours. 



-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Monday 22nd of August 2016 04:35:18 PM

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Your knowledge of this subject is a little creepy LL. You have a strange hobby! I'm going to start calling you Abby Scuito. It just seems so Abbyish!

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Honestly, I've told my kids to do the absolute cheapest thing they can by law.

My only requests is I don't want to be buried with shoes or bra on.

And I don't want a funeral, I want a celebration.



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Lexxy wrote:

Your knowledge of this subject is a little creepy LL. You have a strange hobby! I'm going to start calling you Abby Scuito. It just seems so Abbyish!

 I am very well versed in the options related to human remains - I discuss it with my clients.  Some of them come up with doozies! 

But, also, google is my friend, and there is a section on nolo that covers this subject for every state. 



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We both want to do this:
www.earthporm.com/bye-bye-coffins-these-organic-burial-pods-turn-your-loved-ones-into-trees/

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We are going to be cremated...and then our ashes mixed and either put into a shot gun shell or into fireworks shot over Lake Barkley.

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Oh, and they can put your ashes into the vinyl used to make records. Thats a thing now...

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Similar to you, LL. Both of us will be cremated and the ashes buried along with a new sapling....

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We are going to be cremated...and then our ashes mixed and either put into a shot gun shell or into fireworks shot over Lake Barkley.

 Cremation and I also will have a gun loaded with my ashes and shot through ex DH's picture window right at his 80"flat screen, during a Pats game.



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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Ohfour wrote:

We are going to be cremated...and then our ashes mixed and either put into a shot gun shell or into fireworks shot over Lake Barkley.

 Cremation and I also will have a gun loaded with my ashes and shot through ex DH's picture window right at his 80"flat screen, during a Pats game.

 If you die before me, I am SO going to be the shooter!!!!! Please die during a playoff game...or better yet, the super bowl!!!!!



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Both DH and I wish to be cremated, AFTER donating any usable organs/parts. I'll spread
a little of his cremains (ashes) in his favorite fishing holes, and spread some in his watermelon
patches, and then inter the remainder in our local Masonic Cemetery. If I go first, he'll spread
some in our favorite fishing holes, and co-mingle the rest with the remainder of my first husband's
ashes. That way, his kids can't disrespect me without disrespecting their father. I'm opting for
a bench, rather than a typical headstone. Most cemeteries don't have a place for people to sit
down when they are visiting the grave of a loved one.

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Ohfour wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Ohfour wrote:

We are going to be cremated...and then our ashes mixed and either put into a shot gun shell or into fireworks shot over Lake Barkley.

 Cremation and I also will have a gun loaded with my ashes and shot through ex DH's picture window right at his 80"flat screen, during a Pats game.

 If you die before me, I am SO going to be the shooter!!!!! Please die during a playoff game...or better yet, the super bowl!!!!!

 It takes about a week for cremation.  So I will plan on dying the end of January.  Oh and BTW, I do appreciate your somewhat odd support of the Pats and knowing they will be in the SuperBowl in the future.  biggrin



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Momala wrote:



Both DH and I wish to be cremated, AFTER donating any usable organs/parts. I'll spread
a little of his cremains (ashes) in his favorite fishing holes, and spread some in his watermelon
patches, and then inter the remainder in our local Masonic Cemetery. If I go first, he'll spread
some in our favorite fishing holes, and co-mingle the rest with the remainder of my first husband's
ashes. That way, his kids can't disrespect me without disrespecting their father. I'm opting for
a bench, rather than a typical headstone. Most cemeteries don't have a place for people to sit
down when they are visiting the grave of a loved one.

 That is very nice.

 

Friends of mine said I should have some earring capsules filled with ashes and give them away as party favors at my funeral. smile



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I told the kids if the cremated me, they had to put some ashes in a locket for each of them to wear.

They laughed.

Maybe a hunters burial!



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I want to be Raptured... If Jesus doesn't come before I go I just want to be thrown in a field of pretty flowers. I'm claustrophobic and I don't like fires. I'm sure I will be buried.

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Ohfour wrote:

We are going to be cremated...and then our ashes mixed and either put into a shot gun shell or into fireworks shot over Lake Barkley.

 Cremation and I also will have a gun loaded with my ashes and shot through ex DH's picture window right at his 80"flat screen, during a Pats game.

 If you die before me, I am SO going to be the shooter!!!!! Please die during a playoff game...or better yet, the super bowl!!!!!

 It takes about a week for cremation.  So I will plan on dying the end of January.  Oh and BTW, I do appreciate your somewhat odd support of the Pats and knowing they will be in the SuperBowl in the future.  biggrin

 Hahahaha! Anything for a friend! Love has no bounds!!!! 



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Ohfour wrote:
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Ohfour wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Ohfour wrote:

We are going to be cremated...and then our ashes mixed and either put into a shot gun shell or into fireworks shot over Lake Barkley.

 Cremation and I also will have a gun loaded with my ashes and shot through ex DH's picture window right at his 80"flat screen, during a Pats game.

 If you die before me, I am SO going to be the shooter!!!!! Please die during a playoff game...or better yet, the super bowl!!!!!

 It takes about a week for cremation.  So I will plan on dying the end of January.  Oh and BTW, I do appreciate your somewhat odd support of the Pats and knowing they will be in the SuperBowl in the future.  biggrin

 Hahahaha! Anything for a friend! Love has no bounds!!!! 

 Gawd you make me laugh and smile.



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I'm going to put DH's ashes in an eterna-reef if he goes first. He'll be swimming with the fishes.

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Lawyerlady wrote:

I'm going to put DH's ashes in an eterna-reef if he goes first. He'll be swimming with the fishes.

 I would so love that!



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Donate anything usable. Donate the rest to science. If science doesn't want it, dump it over the edge of a barge in the open ocean aka fish food.

I will be in Heaven celebrating with God.

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