Funeral wishes

There are some interesting discussions about coffins on this thread from a couple of months ago.
Might be worth a look?
www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1257897-Cremation-or-burial

Thank you all for your thought provoking posts.
I have read some of them out my DH.

My mother in law passed away peacfully last night.
We are blessed, we watched a lovely peaceful lady lying in hospital bed pain free.
After suffering years of agitation caused vascular dementia.
The hospital had nursed my Mil for 3 weeks.
They have been truly wonderful.
She was in her own room in NHS hospital with lilac curtains (her favourite colour) gently blowing in the breeze.
The spring sunshine streamed through the window.

I will rejoin the thread later if I may. After we have done what is necessary.

Esspee
I would like to PM you over the coming days if I may.

Harris27 My sincere condolences.

My mother in law filled in the forms to leave her body to science some 20 years before her death. Unfortunately, she ticked a wrong box somewhere, and the next day, two men turned up in a black van asking to collect the body. She told them to b****r off as she was still using it!

*Cherrytree59 a beautiful post that honours the passing of your MIL.
My thoughts are with you and your family at this time ?

cherrytree

I couldn't agree more with those who do not wish to have a costly funeral. In fact, I even hate the thought of a MORBID ceremony of a funeral for myself - although I do respect and understand that it is an expression of pain and sadness for other people. I have told my family that I do not want to be remembered in a solemn way because, thank God, I have enjoyed my life and want the tone of my own funeral to express this. I'd rather not have the black limousine and wild flowers would be OK . To end off, a fabulous party with a noisy toast to my memory, or to me up in the clouds, would be just fine. Oh, and I don't mind where I am buried or my ashes are thrown - as long as it's not in water!

Hello, everyone, Newbie here!
When my father died, my family wanted to really push the boat out for his funeral. Mum was happy to go along with it, but when she read the invoice afterwards, was shocked by how much everything cost, especially the coffin. She had a lot of questions about the cremation, so I looked into it for her. I discovered if you read the bumph, the handles are usually described as "brass effect" and are, in fact, plastic. She also wondered what actually happened during and after the actual cremation, which I managed to find out, to her great satisfaction. ( Shan't talk about it here, but will happily answer any questions I can). She thought spending so much on a coffin which was going to be burnt was a waste of money, so we made sure she had the cheapest one in the catalogue when it was" her turn to go". She did say she would have liked a wicker coffin, but not when she found out the price of them. I'm glad to see most major funeral directors now offer what is called a simple funeral, with no fancy trimmings. Mum would have approved and so do I.