Cremated or buried?

[Michelle]

Take every organ that you can from me and donate them to others.

Then cremate me and sprinkle my ashes in the ocean.

And then I want everyone to have a celebration of LIFE, not a funeral.

 

[PRINCESS Ariel34]

Honestly It doesn't matter to me. When I go home/heaven I just want to be with my father God.

 

[Nutsy]

Cremated please

 

[Lucky4me]

Poohbear, that is exactly what I want done with my ashes too. Guess what? There is a Disney rule that says no dead peoples ashes are allowed to be spread anywhere in the park. Evidently we are not the only ones who want this done. I guess my family will have to sneak me in, in their fanny packs.....

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

<font color=navy>I have told the rascals since they were little to have me cremated in the least expensive way possible, then spread my ashes somewhere in Yosemite ... $ is for the living, in my opinion, and I would rather they celebrate the memory of our lives together here on Earth than spend time mourning me.

 

[Leota]

Cremated - with a big ol' party afterwards at the house - I already have my music picked out, a friend who will play , what foods to be served etc....I want people to get together & celebrate what a full & fantastic life I had with them. I know that people will mourn & need closure & I want to know that they will have each other to lean on.
I also want part of my ashes spread at WDW by Max & my whole family - The Lagoon for me please. BL & I were talking about this the other day & we decided that if you swim in the 7 Seas Lagoon, you're probably swimming with a whole BUNCH of folks!
The other part of my ashes will be for Max to plant with a tree, wherever he wants to. Then he can come & sit with me & talk with me if he ever needs to.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

After being laid off from my job as a carpet mill rep and before finally settling into my present job in retail carpet sales, I had a brief (only about a month) stint in the pre-need cemetery sales industry. I learned a few things about cremation that I didn't realize.

For one, the cremains (the industry term for cremated remains) aren't completely ashes like you might see in the movies or on TV. There will be somewhat sizable chunks of bone left in the cremains, but they can be further pulverized (my apologies; I can't think of a more delicate term) for easier scattering.

Also, check with wherever you want to have the cremains scattered. As someone said, Disney has a rule against scattering cremains in the park. Most private property owners will probably have some policy, as do public parks. I'm not sure about the policy of scattering at sea; I'd check with different cruise lines or even the Coast Guard and see what the policy on that is.

Keep in mind that cremation -- and especially the scattering of cremains -- is irreversible. People are visually-oriented and we like to have a place to come and mourn or remember our deceased. Cremains can be given a traditional in-ground burial or even placed in a columbarium (think a mausoleum for urns).

As for what I would want for myself -- I haven't really thought about it. Most of my family has done the in-ground burial so I figured that is what would happen to me.

 

[kylara]

Want to be creamated. I am an organ donor so I'll let them take what they need. No wake, no funeral, and I don't care what happens with the ashes...they can bury them, scatter them or let them sit on a mantle...whatever they want to do with them.

 

[greenhornet]

I want to be cremated. I think a cemetery is a waste of a perfectly good golf course. I too want my ashes spread around WDW. I was hoping for a fly over in a plane or something like that and just let me fly. Then after i have been disposed of. Everybody must walk from country to country and get blitzed. Then that night everybody must go to Pleasure Island and get all tanked up again.

 

[Steph1939]

I am going to be cremated. My concentration in college was in forensic investigations so I know what happens to the body after death, even in a coffin. I think cremation is more peaceful. I want a memorial service but not in a funeral home. I have not picked out all the music yet, but I know that You'll Never Walk Alone will be played. I also want to donate any of my organs before the cremation so that I might save someone else.

 

[Catzeyes]

I also wish to be cremated. My son has asked for a few of my ashes that he wants to have molded into some type of medallion to wear around his neck. I want some of me spread on Splash Mountain and some at the Germany pavillon in Epcot, some in my favorite lake in northeran Wisconsin and the rest on me in the ocean by Puerto Rico.

 

[disneyispi]

Cremated and one of my family or friends get to take my ashes and the ashes of my dogs (those that have pre-deceased me), mix us together, and take us to WDW one last time. There, my will instructs them to leave us in creative places. We are NOT to be flushed nor are we to be dropped on anyone's head from a ride. Maybe just leave us inside the parks on the grass......

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Right now I would want a traditional burial with all the services. I feel that it would give my kids/family the closure they would need.

 

[Thomas the tank]

When the time comes I'd like to be cremated too

 

[tedsmom]

I have told DH that basically what happens to me after depends on whether or not my parents are stillalive. If they are, then, after donating any usable organs, he would have to do a traditional burial, with a wake(viewing),church funeral mass, and cemetery service. If they are not alive, then he can do whatever he wants.

My friends and co-workers keep saying they want to cremate and bring a little of me to WDW every 6 months to sprinkle in different places. I think they're just looking for an excuse for a trip to WDW every 6 months!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Patio]

I'd want a traditional burial.

 

[yoopermom]

I want to be cremated, but I told DH that he better make sure that it's me he gets back! There's a local funeral home that just added a crematorium, and they tastefully advertise that your remains don't go so far from home, so hopefully the right ashes go back to the right family! Then sprinkle me at Disney, as discreetly as need be.

Does anyone remember the Northern Exposure episode where the dr. tries to sprinkle the ashes from the plane but the wind's going the wrong way and they blow back in his face?

Terri the Yoopermom