"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ...
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> On 11/29/2017 11:18 PM, JBurns wrote:
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>> 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.
>
> ==
>
> Amen to that! We have all the paperwork for both of us being cremated,
> What the kids do after that is whatever they want
>
> One will definitely want a church service and the rest a wake. I am happy
> with it all.

Yep, with part of our cremated dogs ashes added. :-)

Cheri