Boy, any cemetary owners or funeral directors here won't like reading this thread!
When my grandfather and mother passed many years ago, I drew comfort from attending their funeral services, which were large with many friends and relatives. My grandfather even had the traditional service at the gravesite after church.
I have no idea what's become of my grandfather's gravesite these days, or those of other relatives. There are no family members remaining in California to know or care, which seems sad -- that their bodies/bones are there, but abandoned.
I currently have two blood relatives and two in-laws, period. Should they survive me, the thought of them organizing a formal funeral is beyond ridiculous. I have a pre-paid cremation plan with instructions for the crematorium to dispose of the ashes. Scatter, schmatter.
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