From my parents on down, we all agreed that cremation is the way to go. Dust to dust.
So did my husband. His family was insistent on a funeral which my husband explicitly told me he didn't want. COVID allowed me to get around it easily and honor his wishes.
He also wished to be cremated - and I had to fight his family on that too. Cost: $900 - as opposed to what? $5-10,000 for a "regular" funeral?
The funeral industry really has us over a barrel - getting us at our most vulnerable time so they can up their profits.
From my parents on down, we all agreed that cremation is the way to go. Dust to dust.”
We have pre paid ash security boxes at our church for our ashes.
A sibling has our mother’s ashes. Others were buried in pre bought cemetery plots by our ancestors.