When my Brother in law died we used this service for cremation, I see they now offer a water cremation option.
The straight cremation is about $700 if you want them to handle all the paperwork its about $900.
No surprises or up charge pressure.
When he died they picked up the body at the morgue and did all the paperwork and supplied us with multiple death certificates.
When he was to be cremated I ID'd the body and watched as they slide the paper casket into the burner, I then activated the burner switch. There was no possibility that he was not the one being cremated. A few days later we picked up the ashes.
When I kick the bucket I want the same thing done.
Funerals are a huge waste of money.

https://www.chicagolandcremati...0QcVvqgaAr3aEALw_wcB

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I'm going cheap off planet cheap. Wife and I decades ago bought plots 2 blocks away in a historic cemetery with lots of trees and bushes. Pine box with no trimmings. Small headstone with a small quote. Lots of people walk their dogs there so there will some activity on the dirt paths if ... the dead get to observe the living.

Every funeral home offers cremation services, you can go basic to full tilt celebration of life and there are cremation society or cremation only services.

92fstech, now that's a great idea for a cremation option.... although I'm sure the EPA wouldn't like the Tannerite fueled distribution of body parts, or those in attendance as they start dropping pieces around them LOL

Good. When I die toss my corpse in a field. Have a memorial if you want, but at that point I sure don't need my body anymore. I don't have FU money, so money wasted dispositioning my body is money that can't be spent on something actually useful for my loved ones.

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Originally posted by HRK:

92fstech, now that's a great idea for a cremation option.... although I'm sure the EPA wouldn't like the Tannerite fueled distribution of body parts, or those in attendance as they start dropping pieces around them LOL

The Oregon Department of Transportation once did something similar with a whale. Admittedly, that didn't work out so well. But I'm not that big, and if the body was way out in the middle of the lake it should provide some safety margin .

I have a buddy who owns a funeral home and I asked him if he could arrange that for me. He refused. Apparently the cheapest you can dispose of a body around here is $2500 for a basic cremation and paperwork.

I'm actually going to a funeral today at our church for a lifelong friend. I hate funerals. I don't get the point of staring at a made-up dead body, and I hate all the stress and angst involved in making sure everything is done just right for the event. I'd rather all my survivors have a big party and do something to make it memorable and fun for everybody.

Perception, they have pre-arrangements you can make, pre-pay it, setup the way you want to go, it makes it a lot easier on your survivors and you get what you want.

92fstech, I remember the Oregon Whale debacle, quite a mess.

If you own land with a lake, or have a friend that would allow it you probably could have that done. Have your FH buddy cremate you and put you in an old Blue Sig container. Now you have a legally disposed of body and all the paperwork.

What you have done with your ashes is your decision.

Put your ashes on a float, send it out on the lake and then have your friends take turns until they hit and blow your ashes to smithereens with Tannerite on a canoe in the lake!

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Originally posted by HRK:

If you own land with a lake, or have a friend that would allow it you probably could have that done. Have your FH buddy cremate you and put you in an old Blue Sig container. Now you have a legally disposed of body and all the paperwork.

There's a myriad of laws and regulations about scattering cremains in water. State and federal. Just be aware.

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There's a myriad of laws and regulations about scattering cremains in water. State and federal. Just be aware.

That would require you getting caught. In my last job, I discovered several different families disposing of ashes in the woods without a permit. Guess how many times I did more than turn around and give them their moment?

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That would require you getting caught. In my last job, I discovered several different families disposing of ashes in the woods without a permit. Guess how many times I did more than turn around and give them their moment?

True.

A mortuary advised us to be aware of the rules and be discrete!

Many of the rules are absurd. The EPA seems to equate ashes with a dead body when scattering into the ocean, so you have to go more than 3 miles out. Yet it would be legal (in the state my father wanted his ashes scattered) to just scatter them onto the beach. Where children will be playing the next day. Where winds will blow them onto the nearby yards.

Permits are just another $ grab, imo.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
Personally, I'm all for it if it's cheaper. I think it's idiotic how much we spend on bodies after they're dead.

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Good. When I die toss my corpse in a field. Have a memorial if you want, but at that point I sure don't need my body anymore.

Agreed 100%

The person is gone. What's left is just decaying organic matter. You don't need to spend huge chunks of money for embalming and elaborate burials with fancy coffins. The body will still rot. They're still not coming back. The end result is the same, the family is just poorer on the back end.

Cheap cremation or an inexpensive natural burial is the way to go.

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92fstech, I remember the Oregon Whale debacle, quite a mess.

That was a fluke.

Folks blubbered, especially the guy whose car was destroyed, but in the great scheme of things, Cetacean happens.

I adopted this when I read James Clavell's Shogun in like 1978.

When I die
Do not burn me
Do not bury me
Throw my body in a field
To feed an empty-bellied dog.

I watched a video on this awhile back. The company allowed you to pick up your loved one/compost, but also owned property which they were reforesting where they would dump you and plant a tree on top.

Both of my parents are donating their bodies to science.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
I adopted this when I read James Clavell's Shogun in like 1978.

When I die
Do not burn me
Do not bury me
Throw my body in a field
To feed an empty-bellied dog.

That's good!

So do something that your wife, girl friend or someone might keep, have your body turned into a diamond. You can do this with pets too.

Yep, they can make jewelry too, figure if my wife puts me with them she'll end up with a 20 kt stone based on my fat butt!

https://www.lonite.com/cremation-diamonds-from-ashes

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Both of my parents are donating their bodies to science.

We had another friend from church die this week (it's been a bad week for death around here), and he did that. It actually seems like a pretty good way to go about it. They come get the body, pay all the costs, and when they're done with you they cremate what's left and give your ashes to the family.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Both of my parents are donating their bodies to science.

I've dissected a few bodies. They may want to rethink that choice.

If not? Good for them. There's no better way to learn.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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Originally posted by PASig:
Both of my parents are donating their bodies to science.

I've dissected a few bodies. They may want to rethink that choice.

If not? Good for them. There's no better way to learn.

They know they’ll be dissected

The body is just a empty shell after you die anyway, your soul is gone