On 11/30/2017 10:48 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-11-30 11:13 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> 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.Â* Cremation is smart.Â* I don't see the value of
>> putting a $3000 box in the ground, never to be seen again.Â* If I've not
>> seen you in 20 years I won't see you if you show up at my funeral either.
>
> It may be a cultural thing. In some cultures you are expected to spend a
> small fortune to honour the dead. I am with you about putting an
> expensive box in the ground. It is ridiculous, but some people feel
> obligated to spend a lot of money on a casket and service.
>
> Not to long ago I read a news item about a teenage buy who died
> tragically and the family had set up a Go Fund Me account to raise money
> for his funeral. They were aiming for $35,000. You can have someone
> cremated and buried for under $4000. You have to wonder why a family on
> welfare would expect 9 times that much.
>

you have to wonder? They have been handed everything they want for free
all their lives, so why not this?