Abraham wrote:Oldgringo,
I told my wife the same thing, with one exception.
I suggested she could throw some old tires on me (ah, when I'm dead that is) and throw some gasoline on it and sent me ablaze in the back yard, but apparently there are laws against that...
Could sure save some money and hassle though, but NOOOOO the funeral homes would have a hissy...
You would be surprised what you can legally do that funeral homes don't want you to know you can do. Making a long story short, my family decided to move my Mother's remains from SE Louisiana to North Arkansas (she passed 20 years prior). The funeral home said they would be glad to do that for us and only charge us $10k. I told them to dig her up and I'd throw her in the back of my truck. After much debate we loaded her up in the back of the truck, drove the 500 miles, and laid her to rest next to her parents. Total cost was about $500.