On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:04:26 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"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

It's less than a thousand here.