Happy 80th two days early. My dad was constantly conniving up ways to save money. He had money, he was not poor but he just didn't want to give out any unwarranted money. When he was about 80 maybe a little younger he was planning for the cheapest funeral possible. He was golfing buddies with the local funeral director so he was sneaking in a lot of questions about funeral costs during their golfing adventures. After much thought he came up with the plan. No visitation the evening before, He would be cremated, he was a religious man but there would be a simple funeral and everyone will meet at his house to socialize after the funeral. There would be no commital service. I would dig the hole for the quart jar with the ashes in it beside my mother's grave at the cemetery drop the jar in the hole and cover it up. Simple as that. I don't know if that would have been allowed but that was his wish. The total bill would be a few hundred dollars 18 or 20 years ago. There was no written directive though so my sis and I had free reign of what to do. When he passed away a little under two years ago at 96 years old my sis and I disobeyed his wishes and had a full blown funeral with a body and casket and visitation the evening before. Out of respect for dad's ways we chose the cheapest no frills casket the funeral home had to offer. One directive from dad we did follow was we invited everyone at the funeral to dad's house for lunch. This was during that unspeakable outbreak so gathering at dad's house was the only choice we had anyway. We had a wonderful time even though it was sad for me because this would be the last gathering of friends and family in a house that had been in the family for close to 90 years. Well I got long winded again. Time to shut up.
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