[PersonOfInterest]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

My “forever” home is in heaven, not here.

Leave your address and we'll write to you.

[ThirdOfFive]

Told my wife that when I tipped over she should have me stuffed and mounted, then propped up in my favorite chair with a scowl on my face, a beer in one hand and the other hand raised in the one-finger salute. But we don't know any taxidermists, so...

On a more pragmatic note we both purchased preneed cremation policies, so when the time comes we're shipped off to the crematorium for toasting, with the ashes returned in a cardboard box to whomever is the surviving spouse. What happens after that is the family's call. My personal preference is to have my ashes scattered over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in far NE Minnesota. I know some pilots so that shouldn't be a problem.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

Leave your address and we'll write to you.

USPS delivers to Heaven? I never knew that! 😲

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Told my wife that when I tipped over she should have me stuffed and mounted, then propped up in my favorite chair with a scowl on my face, a beer in one hand and the other hand raised in the one-finger salute. But we don't know any taxidermists, so...

On a more pragmatic note we both purchased preneed cremation policies, so when the time comes we're shipped off to the crematorium for toasting, with the ashes returned in a cardboard box to whomever is the surviving spouse. What happens after that is the family's call. My personal preference is to have my ashes scattered over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in far NE Minnesota. I know some pilots so that shouldn't be a problem.

The first paragraph of your post.....for a second, I thought you were giving the last review at Sonny’s!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I'm an organ donor (which is against my religion). I can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery because I'm an organ donor, and because I have a tattoo (also against my religion). Once I'm dead, I will cease to care what someone wants to do with my ashes. They can just toss them in the trash, that's fine. I don't want my death to be someone else's financial burden.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'm an organ donor (which is against my religion). I can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery because I'm an organ donor, and because I have a tattoo (also against my religion). Once I'm dead, I will cease to care what someone wants to do with my ashes. They can just toss them in the trash, that's fine. I don't want my death to be someone else's financial burden.

* just as long as it’s not in a rec center dumpster OBB!

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'm an organ donor (which is against my religion). I can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery because I'm an organ donor, and because I have a tattoo (also against my religion). Once I'm dead, I will cease to care what someone wants to do with my ashes. They can just toss them in the trash, that's fine. I don't want my death to be someone else's financial burden.

Two thumbs up! Practical and compassionate.

[coffeebean]

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[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

USPS delivers to Heaven? I never knew that! 😲

Also, Father Christmas!

[Nell57]

We were together 49 years. I had a very difficult time after my husbands passing. At his service I gave a small amount of his cremains to family members , to be spread in their towns. For the next few years I took a tablespoon of his ashes (in a contact lenses case) everywhere I traveled, and revisited places we had lived or loved. Very easy to He is all over the world.
Some ashes are under a headstone in Ohio. I still have some to be mixed with mine….then mine will be buried there, too.
I know this is way too much for some people, but it’s what gave me comfort.
The point of the story….cremation gives you options. Cremains can be divided and given away or disposed of all at once.
Our local columbariums hold two urns per niche. Very inexpensive, but you do have a final memorial.
It’s a matter of deciding what is important to you.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by Nell57

We were together 49 years. I had a very difficult time after my husbands passing. At his service I gave a small amount of his cremains to family members , to be spread in their towns. For the next few years I took a tablespoon of his ashes (in a contact lenses case) everywhere I traveled, and revisited places we had lived or loved. Very easy to He is all over the world.
Some ashes are under a headstone in Ohio. I still have some to be mixed with mine….then mine will be buried there, too.
I know this is way too much for some people, but it’s what gave me comfort.
The point of the story….cremation gives you options. Cremains can be divided and given away or disposed of all at once.
Our local columbariums hold two urns per niche. Very inexpensive, but you do have a final memorial.
It’s a matter of deciding what is important to you.

Thank you for sharing.....and I totally agree with the option.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Also, Father Christmas!

🤥🫢🤨🙄 So, (sniff, my mommy lied?

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'm an organ donor (which is against my religion). I can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery because I'm an organ donor, and because I have a tattoo (also against my religion). Once I'm dead, I will cease to care what someone wants to do with my ashes. They can just toss them in the trash, that's fine. I don't want my death to be someone else's financial burden.

Absolute nonsense....

A simple Google search reveals:

"Is organ donation permitted in Judaism? Organ donation is giving an organ to help someone who needs a transplant. In principle Judaism sanctions and encourages organ donation in order to save lives (pikuach nefesh)."

"An organ donor can be buried in a Jewish cemetery with any/all traditional funeral and burial rituals, including Tahara (ritual washing)."

"While the Jewish community might still be divided over tattoos, the prohibition against burying a tattooed person in a Jewish cemetery is a myth."