On 12/19/2015 6:28 PM, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 18:53:02 -0500, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote:


"Micky" wrote in message
...

In addition, they charge a fortune for commercially-made coffins. So
it's something I could use. And I could use it for storage until I
really need it. But before I thought too much about this, I realized
I still had no room for it, not even in the basement, and it would be
too big for convenient storage of my junk, until I die.


I did see a few years back that some were using them as a coffee table in
the living room.


You can buy a coffin and/or Urn at Costco. Don't let funeral homes
sell you a marked up item. Me? Cremate me in a cardboard box and
scatter my ashes off the Sanibel Lighthouse on high tide.


My FIL was cremated and had a ceremony in Hawaii where they were allowed
to spread his ashes over the sunken Arizona that was downed when Pearl
Harbor was attacked. He was a crew member of the Arizona, but wasn't on
it the day it was attacked. He'd been discharged a few weeks prior to
the attack, but was still there working in the shipyard when the attack
happened. He was amongst the men who used blow torches to try and save
men who'd been trapped in sinking ships.

My husband said they close the memorial around 5pm and then allow
prearranged ceremonies like that for former crew members of the Arizona.
When they dumped his ashes into the water a black tear rose up from the
ship. They said it was a very touching moment.

--
Maggie