Thread: Disposition of our bodies after death

How would you prefer your loved ones, or the ones stuck making the decisions, dispose of your bodily remains after, shall we say, you are done using them?

1. Traditional burial in ground.
2. Burial of body in mausoleum.
3. Cremation, urn in columbarium.
4. Cremation, urn on mantle.
5. Cremation, spread ashes.
6. Cremation,, remains or portion thereof shot into space.
7. "Green" burial, such as under a tree.
8. Tossed into sacred river, with or without cremation.
9. Cheapest possible method.
10. Don't care, Donate to Science or Other, please explain.

Geez, so many choices, guess I'll just go for the hole in the ground, six feet under as they say.

Cheap and neat, that's my wish!

I think it's a waste to bury or burn something that might help somebody else. That's why I'm a fan of organ donation.

Originally Posted by Fred Derf

I think it's a waste to bury or burn something that might help somebody else. That's why I'm a fan of organ donation.

I'm a card carrying and registered organ donor. Somebody has to do something with the rest of the body....

Cremation and burial at sea off an aircraft carrier

Cremation, per my will. Cheapest way possible. I guess that means "spread the ashes", but a quick flush would be ok by me...

I could care less what they do with my body, I won't be needing it anymore. If donating to science helps someone else, I'm all for that.

I'm 100% behind organ donation. I don't understand why anyone would be against that. It can do so much for someone else. As far as "the rest" I guess I've always thought I'd be buried traditionally, but not sure I really care.