Berto posted a condolence
Friday, March 22, 2013
we shelled out $ 3,800 three years ago for a basic coteamirn/urn/funeral. It is stunning how much they gouge you for the smallest of services (200 for the obit in the paper, 300 for transportation of the body from the hospital to the funeral home, keeping in mind the two are one traffic light away from each other- if you don't believe me, check out Fish Memorial Hospital in Orange City to Baulduff funeral home)Anyway, best thing to do is to set aside money in his estate to cover all the costs, and even prepay them if you can. reason being you won't be out the cash while waiting for reimbursement from the estate after the fact. Get the cheapest the funeral home has to offer in terms of coteamirn and urn- and if he belongs to a church, have them do the funeral. this cuts down on all kinds of costs. Also, do not pay for burial. You can do anything with the ashes- keep them on the mantle if you're that sort of gruesome person, or scatter them at the beach- whatever. And as far as any sort of wake goes, do that at home and have the guests bring the food.
