[Quixote]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

In thinking of a recent poster's passing, I was reminded of something I had read last year with regard to there being no funeral parlor/home in The Villages. I have seen numerous churches in THE VILLAGES.
Where is the closest funeral parlor? Closest cemetery?

Not to be morbid or morose, but it's a fact of life that everyone will pass on one of these days.......my question involves those who have already relocated in addition to those of us planning on relocating to T.V.

How many have even thought about whether or not they would want to be "returned home".......meaning body or cremains.

Many of us have had more than one "hometown".....so where would the "home port" be.......your birthplace? Last town lived in, where you raised your family?

How many don't even want a traditional old fashioned wake and funeral service.........meaning funeral parlor and church, followed by cemetery burial?

How many would just like to be cremated and have a "celebration of life" with no viewing???

We have seen more and more of the "celebration of life" simple get togethers these past twenty years........whether it is the high cost of funerals or just less religious ideas among the departed.......or whatever.

AGAIN, not to be depressing.........but I imagine just shipping a loved one back north or wherever, and then having everyone travel to the wake and funeral, would be very expensive nowadays.

We haven't even begun to plan ours. So, just wondering.....with the relocation upcoming and all.................any feedback would be welcomed.

My dad is buried in New Jersey, his family is buried in Calvary cemetery in New York........my mom's family is buried in New Jersey and she is buried in Vermont.........I realize the soul is free and the spirit can be everywhere......so I'm o.k. with that........hard on those who want to visit the gravesite or place some flowers.

Thanks to all who respond..........

Just want to say that I don't consider this subject "depressing." It's a part of life that every one of us deals with eventually; no one gets out of this world alive.

IMO, there is nothing for me to visit at the gravesites of family members and friends; my experience of these folks are part of my memories and are always with me. Our remains are just that—remains—while the best part of us lives on spiritually and in the memories of others.

BTW, I believe there is a funeral parlor on Buenos Aires Blvd., in a way an unfortunate location in the midst of medical office buildings.... I don't know about anyone else, but I never quite understood the word "parlor" in relation to funerals; gone are the days where folks were buried from home.