On 11/29/2017 11:18 PM, JBurns wrote:

> My mother chose to have the dead spread and no funeral. She did not
> want her money used on a funeral. I arranged to have her body cremated
> and then we had a wake and only invited people that she loved or
> liked.
>
> JB
>

Mom was smart, IMO. Cremation is smart. I don't see the value of
putting a $3000 box in the ground, never to be seen again. If I've not
seen you in 20 years I won't see you if you show up at my funeral either.