Even though I was raised a Catholic, I'm not thrilled with the idea of cremation either. After witnessing one in the basement of a funeral home, the remaining bones were broken up with a sledge hammer and the smaller pieces were put in with the other remains. The rest were put somewhere and probably ended up in the garbage.
-----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Kramer Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 2:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Death Location On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:35 AM, howlanddavi...@aol.com wrote: > Roxanne and others > > In a message dated 10/11/2009 11:12:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, maighe...@yahoo.com > writes: > I had to laugh when I read this; my mom donated her body to the > University of Rochester. After a year or so, her cremains were > returned to us. She currently resides under my sister's couch. > I've left the Legacy burial information blank. > It's interesting to see that others have similar problems. My > father-in-law's cremains are on a wall shelf in my wife's studio > while we try to figure out where to bury or scatter them (WV where > he was born; OH (where he lived for many years or MO where a > grandson lives who might visit the grave). At that point, > information will be entered into Legacy as to disposition. > Someone that I met recently waited over a year to bury her > husband's cremains because she did not like the setting at a nearby > National Cemetery and they told her to wait a year until another > section would be started. > > Howland Davis I have heard many people say how they use the burial date to substantiate the death date. It will be really hard years from now to verify things like this. Maybe these situations will help us to convince others to deal with cremains more quickly and reverently. How horrible to think of spending eternity under a sofa or getting destroyed in the trunk of a car during an accident! I wonder if some people get tired of having the cremains around and eventually throw them in the trash. I wouldn't be surprised in some cases. What if the car were sold with the cremains still there? I think I'd want to know what happened with the remains, but certainly they should be given a respectful proper burial. This is the reason why the Catholic Church delayed approval of cremation for so long. Now they say that cremation may only be done if the person still believes in the resurrection of the body and provided that a quick and reverent burial be done. I never liked cremation and really didn't like it when I heard that the larger bones don't burn up and are thrown away. Now I'm dead set again it. Pun intended. Ellen Kramer Researching and loving Dorman, Kramer, Mirarchi, Procopio, Renninger and Staudt-Stoudt-Stout families Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
