seriously need help

[kimba1]

we put massive amount of hellbank dollars in dad`s coffin

I think the smallest amount is 10k.

[Xavier_Onassis]

I have seen $1000 Hellbank notes, but that was a long time ago.

With any luck, the deceased will not be faced with the "I can't sell you that because I have no change" problem.

[kimba1]

most folks are pretty confident they sent enough money to cover it.

but the expense of all it is huge, if it wasn`t for dads life insurance it would of been real tough to do this.

now I`m telling folks get life insurance just so thier funeral will be covered.

50k and above

the cost of the plot is insane.

[Christians4LessGvt]

but the expense of all it is huge, if it wasn`t for dads life insurance it would of been real tough to do this.
now I`m telling folks get life insurance just so thier funeral will be covered. 50k and above. the cost of the plot is insane.

wow KIMBA......50K for a funeral?

no wonder so many are turning to cremation.

personally cremation is not for me....but I am sure cremation with no formal service is like $700

i looked into a pre-paid funeral....my Dad did that and it was amazing how much was saved.

i may go ahead soon with the pre-paid funeral and get my foot-stone made because I want mine to read: "Here Lies A Lucky Man"

[kimba1]

my dad is 25k at this moment I`m still expecting other expenses to pop-up in the next few months.

I said 50k because I`m confident by the time it happens for others< it`ll easily hit that price.

I have not hear anything about the cost of the hospice. I very much doubt his insurance cover it 100% .

creamation is ok,but I MUST give warning the sound of the furnist is very disturbing.
it still give me pause remembering it.

p.s. don`t forget the cost of the vault( the marble container for the coffin) it cost a few k

I didn`t know about that till last week.

alot of details never mentioned

advice: reserve a plot now so you or family don`t pay 30K in the future for that small piece of land.

actually this might be a good money making venture buy a large chunk of burial land cheap and it`ll cost 30k per plot in a few decades.

I say 30k because somebody offered that to us .

the money really is there, I hear quite a few legal battle over burial land recently.

[Christians4LessGvt]

KIMBA....I've already got my plot.....although I am kinda pissed about it

it used to be in a nice area....now it's 3rd World....with taco carts at every corner.

but my parents are there & when they died I bought the two remaining plots from the estate.

in a perfect world I'd dig them up & move us all to a country cemetary where other relatives are buried

but i think you gotta get a court order to dig people up....so hell...I guess it's not worth all that.

it seemed like when I had a pre-paid funeral rep to my office back in '04 or '05 the complete
pre-paid pkge minus the plot I already own was like 12-14 grand....but I cant remember for sure.

[kimba1]

looks like you got at least 90% covered.

set some money aside just incase some else is not mentioned or newly required in the future.

I had a dvd slideshow of my dad made.

goodthing most kids today know how to use a computer.
I simply got my nephew make one ,instead of the funeral home.
i think he did a beautiful job.

[BT]

Funerals are for the living, not the deceased.

I will be cremated and my ashes dumped in a body of water that eventually flows to the sea.

[kimba1]

after seeing how much it cost ,me and my sister said stuff in a gladbag and throw in a ditch.

but i prefer a wood-chipper at a public park in the dark.

we`re not a fancy people.

[Plane]

People are strange about death.


http://www.eternalreefs.com/


http://www.thejaderoad.com/burialjades.html

Legends tell of the first Emperor Qin (terracotta warriors) and the building of his tomb at Mount Li, Xian.  Archeologists believe that over 750,000 people worked continuously for almost 35 years to build his royal tomb. Within his tomb is a pond of liquid mercury where a pure gold boat in the shape of a Phoenix  Bird contains the body of Emperor Qin floating for eternity.

http://www.memoryjewelspets.com/faq.htm

http://www.religionlink.com/tip_050725.php

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/12175

[Michael Tee]

The reason the Orthodox Jews don't want to be cremated is because when the Messiah comes, the dead will be restored to life and they want to be restored as a whole body, not as a sack full of ashes.  The reason a friend of mine (not an Orthodox Jew) doesn't want to be cremated is because "Who knows if the body can still feel anything after death, but just in a different way of feeling?"

[Christians4LessGvt]

"Funerals (and cemeteries) are for the living, not the deceased"

I agree BT....thats exactly true...I found that out last Fall

I dont fault you for your decision....it's everybody's personal choice

But last Sept my brother flew in from California and we took a day trip
drove two hours out in the country....to a small town where my Dad's family came from
we went to the house my Dad grew up in
a lady had turned it into an art studio and she let us look around..
it was neat thinking of my Dad in that house in the 1930's

then we drove out to the edge of town to the cemetery
we pulled in and saw our name in several places
we walked the graves...stopping and talking about the uncles,
aunts, cousins, grandparents we stare down at
and I said to my brother...how special is this?
for me to see these graves of my roots...and hear stories about these people
as we look at their graves....

then I said to my brother...ya know this would not be possible if everyone
was cremated.............

yeah...it's not that big a deal....but I'll never forget that day..
after a light rain...walking that peaceful country cemetery with my two older brothers.

[kimba1]

yes
But i prefer less fanfare on me.

[Christians4LessGvt]

yes But i prefer less fanfare on me.

i thought you said you were sad there were only 85 at your Dad's funeral?

[kimba1]

for my dad,yes

but I just don`t like that kind of attention.

I don`t even celebrate my own birthday.

which is ironic since this somehow encourage folks to do stuff with me more.