Eco-friendly funeral/burial

[Janet]

This article was in the Lafayette Journal and Courier newspaper that we get on Sundays. It really struck me as something I'm really interested in. It made me feel really peaceful. What do you all think?

http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dl...=2012201220328

[JJJ]

I'm not religious at all so I can be cremated with no problem. I think that is more green than anything. I think the asking price for their green funeral is high considering some choose no casket.

[DianaB]

Sounds really nice. I suggest that you have what you want written and placed with your will so your family knows exactly what you want.

We own an old small cemetery on one of our farms. It's very pretty with wild orange lilies all over it in the summer. My FIL had mentioned to us several times that he wanted to be buried there........I heard him.....and Glen heard him.......but he failed to let the rest of the family know so he's at another cemetery.

We used to have a friend that worked in a funeral home and we asked him questions. In Kansas, at that time, you didn't have to be embalmed or buried in a casket but you DID have to be buried within 24 hours of dying. You probably wouldn't even have to be buried in a special cemetery if you checked into what your funeral home or you can actually do.

Funeral homes are a rip-off!!! They play on your......."this is the last thing I will ever do for this family member". They have certain terminology that they use to hit your heart strings.......they did that when my Dad passed away. We bought a "package" deal but that DIDN'T include the little paper handouts that you recieve at funerals!!! That was an EXTRA fee!!! I couldn't believe that one......so I ended up printing my own........I've never seen or heard of ANYONE ever doing that!!! A friend of mine had a funeral for her grandmother and it was a graveside like Dad's was and they paid half of what we paid!!! I will NEVER use that funeral home again!!! It still makes my blood boil!!!!

I do like the concept of this cemetery and I think that you'd be wise to check into it!!

[judy]

I have picked out this for my funeral too!

http://naturalburial.org/index.php

It is a couple of hours away from Jessie, but who knows where she will be living when I'm gone anyway. I do not like the idea of being put in a coffin at all! I used to think I wanted to be cremated, but I would prefer to be put in the ground. It seems so natural. I even have some of the music I want picked out!

The cost of this seems to vary. I am going to be making out a will, living will, etc., in the next week or so, and will really have to lok into this. I would want to prepay.

I also think it is a waste of money to pay for embalming, fancy coffins, etc. This is, of course, my personal opinion for me.

[DianaB]

That's a lot like what Janet found. I think that it's a good idea to have things planned ahead of time.

[Janet]

I just thought when I read it that it sounded so right...so peaceful and not so commercial. There are special places to be buried and they let them grow naturally. I really hadn't thought about it that much, but when I read that article in the newspaper....it sounded so right.