2007-02-12 09:20:44 · 12 answers · asked by LindaAnn 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
mine is already planned and included in my will. it itemizes:
my desire to be cremated
where i want my ashes spread
the music i want played at the funeral mass
the readings i want read
the persons i would like to do the readings (if still alive)
which charities i'd like memorial contributions to be made to---only one---sisters of st. joseph of carondolet.
2007-02-20 04:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Statistically about 35% of funerals are preplanned. Most people who preplan do it around the time they retire but a lot of young adults do also.
It's an excellent alternative to regular life insurance policies if the policy was to be used for the funeral anyway.
You can plan many of the details but some things are still usually left till later like the selection of pallbearers (you might out live them.)
2007-02-16 13:51:45 · answer #2 · answered by J. B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? Why would I want to spend time that I could be enjoying life, planning my funeral? I will be dead when I attend my funeral, so it's not like I'm going to care. I will be in a better place, and whatever those I leave behind decide to do to remember me (or not, LOL), I don't care. That's up to them.
2007-02-20 08:47:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All too many, all too many, and they want to use a lot of good money on their funeral. They want a rich coffin and a huge and spectacular ceremony, and so a quite imposing marble stone on their grave, and carved rich words telling you how important and or how good they were on this Earth.
They think that their mortal remains still have a life and power, even the power that they in reality did not have. They want you to think that they were benefactors of mankind, kind of saints, even when in fact they were bloody villainous under the guise of legitimity and law. Even in their death and far away into a future that is not theirs they want to possess a place of importance on this Earth.
2007-02-20 05:08:05 · answer #4 · answered by pasquale garonfolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should plan for this so your family doesn't have to deal with it when you pass on. You don't make it a celebration like a wedding, you just pick out your grave site, coffin, and what you'd like to wear. What kind of flowers you prefer, or what charity you'd like people to donate to instead of sending flowers. You can even write your own obituary, stating all the important facts of your life, because in time of grief your loved ones will forget them.
2007-02-19 15:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by JR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exactly what are you trying to say? A funeral should be a celebration of the person's life, so yes, in a way it's like a wedding...
2007-02-12 09:24:12 · answer #6 · answered by Squirrel 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Weddings are over planned and funerals are underplanned. A blance is ideal.
2007-02-19 08:17:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a friend who did this before her death by probably 15 years and paid for the casket etc. Good idea.
2007-02-12 09:26:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think it's a great idea- but it needs to be done way in advance, because rarely does a person know when they are going to die.
2007-02-12 09:42:37 · answer #9 · answered by Not so looney afterall 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a good plan.......
2007-02-19 21:43:04 · answer #10 · answered by Mama Mia 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋