These newish 'Simple' funerals

Aztec chimera said:
The Missus died last year, still relatively young at 52. We never got chance to talk about funeral arrangements other than she wanted cremating as it wasn't expected at all.
I kind of just went with the rest of the families wishes in that it was going to be a cheap affair. I wish I'd said something now as I would have liked to have spent a few more quid on it all, it felt like people saw it as a saving money thing when to me. I wouldn't have cared what it cost as I'd just lost my right arm.
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So sorry for your loss.
 
atypical_boro said:
I’d quite like to be thrown out of a helicopter like Osama Bin Laden, but into the fountains of the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Won’t be cheap I suppose, but I can start saving now.
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I can arrange that for you, and it won't cost much at all. I'm a bit busy tomorrow, but I am free on Thursday if that suits you.
 
My Granddad always said, put me in the bin. I'd be happy with that, but the bin men/women might have other ideas.

I made a Countryfile film a few years ago about natural/non-religious burials at Sharpham in Devon. The lady was in a basket (felt coffin was an option). Her grandchildren and children dug the hole. Laid her in it and covered it over. The Grandchildren were between the ages of about 8 and 15. It was actually really nice/moving. They were so loving about laying her to rest. No headstone, just a small mound in a field. No "grave bling". No b***ks sermon/speech from someone who didn't know her. I thought that looked good.

So I'd have a simple burial in a nice place (you can do it anywhere, more or less) with John Martyn's "Just Now" playing.
 
I’ve instructed cremation.
Split the ashes.
1/4 on riverside pitch in front of south stand
1/4 on eston nab
1/4 on the garden
1/4 mixed in with my koi carp food and then feed me to my fishies.
Wife said I’m weird
Son said he’ll sort it for me
 
sherlock1969 said:
Will the club allow this?
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There was one club - Liverpool maybe? - who stopped people asking for this because there were so many people getting tipped on the pitch.

My sister died last year. She had two funeral things that paid out on her death; it amounted in total to about a third of the cost of the funeral, which came in at nearly five grand. I ended up stumping up for it. That was all simple - cremation, a car, a celebrant, cheapest coffin and flowers yet still ridiculous. To put the notice in the paper was £500 (!). While we were preparing and looking at the cost, my brother's wife piped up and said she wanted horses, a marching band, the lot. He turned very pale. I asked the Co-op out of interest how much a burial would have cost - £3 grand more (!); including £100 for the grave to be dug. When my Mrs died a decade before, it came to about £1500, so god knows why it's rocketed up over 12 years.

I've told the daughter to leave me out by the bins - recycle day of course. Or this....
 
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