"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> IMO, this entire funeral thing is all bullshit. Even $4000 just
> to creamate a body is nonsense. These funeral ppl are just way
> overcharging and playing on your emotions.

I've never heard of 4000 for a cremation, around here for some family
members 1200-1500 tops, but there was no inurnment at a cemetery or anything
like that which costs more.

Cheri