Spin-off: Funeral costs

[RangerPooh]

Pet related not human, but I just had to put our 14yo German Shepard down today. $360 for the cremation and upgraded box. The price guide online illustrated how expensive a pet cremation or burial can be. Growing up I had no clue pet burials (actual ceremonies) were a real thing and not just on your grandparents farm. Welcome to the south…

The vet fee was another $120 after a new patient exam, as our vet could not accommodate us today.

 

[AuntieMe3]

We had a celebration of life for my mom last year in my backyard, there was probably around 80+ people in and out through the evening. My siblings and I all split the cost as much as we could afford. My husband and I covered the cremation so spent a little more than the others but I'm guessing we spent around $6000 for the whole thing. We had food, drinks, flowers, rented tables, chairs and portable toilets.

 

[Dashzap]

In my family we cremate and then when we can all get together we take a vacation together to a specific place and bury our family member at sea so-to-speak. One set of great grandparents, my grandfather and then my grandmother are all there.
My parents wish for the same treatment.
My husband does as well.
I'm all set to donate my body and when they are done with me they can cremate me and hand me back to the kids - then I'm a good excuse to take a vacation to dump me along with my other family members!

We cremate and sail out far enough out to international waters with the remains. But then we are all sailors.

This thread is timely as mom is at ER tonight after a fall. She's alright --just bruised-- and will be sent home, however she is 96 so we can only have her for so much longer.