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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:15 PM Original message |
If you are flat busted broke when you die what happens to your |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. in our county |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Call the county where your aunt died and ask. n/t |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I would think that the funeral home |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Well if a funeral home is handling the arraignment you can be sure |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Most counties still do that |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Wait a minute there....... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I think what was meant was unburied/UNcremated.... |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yeah, sure ........ |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Warpy has been around here for awhile |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I've had my husbands ashes in an urn for the past 4 yrs.!! |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. My wish used to be... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. My parents are under an antique writing desk I inherited |
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Opusnone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Social Security also pays a small death benefit |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. A whopping $255 death benefit to surviving spouse or children |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. I understand |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. They'll scrape enough together to cremate her |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I, myself, would like to be cremated or buried without embalming... |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. A good solution |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Why not have a celebration of her life at your home? Why does it |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I think you're pretty close to what's going to happen |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. It seems to vary from region to region. A call to the county coroner's |
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newburgh (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. This would be a good discussion in itself, environmentally speaking... |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Welcome to DU |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Here in Arkansas, cremation |
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LiviaOlivia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Cremation info-Missouri |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. The solutions/rules vary ... but everywhere there is some form |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Texas. Father & Mother in law were cremated and the cost was |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. My mom has requested her body be donated to a medical school |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Hey!, That's a great idea!! |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. I just bought pre-paid burial (cremation) for myself and my |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. That's what my American govt. professor did |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. I am a body donor. |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Burial at sea scared the bejeebus out of me when I was a kid |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. As an ex-Navy diver |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. arrangements for after that period are necessary though |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Hm. My stepdad died a few years ago and was sent to Oklahoma |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. This happened to a friend not long ago |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. I prefer cremation myself |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I just can't see wasting massive amounts of cash on perfectly good |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Cemetaries can be havens for urban wildlife |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. I like cemetaries as parks myself actually.. I just don't want to end up |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. My friend told her 3 sons to buy a fifth of whiskey and celebrate |
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silvertip (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. Prefer Cremation |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm so sorry for your family's loss |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
36. The County of Residence pays for a paupers grave. However, |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. In some places you can be buried in the grave of a family member |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. My sisters step-son was cremated, |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. point of clarification--do you live in New Orleans |
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