Burial, cremation, other?

[Storm]

My wishes are the same as my father's: I want to be "harvested," every usable body part donated. Then cremated, and ashes kept. Ashes buried would be kinda cool, too, though, with a tree planted as a marker. But then if they move, they wouldn't have any connection anymore.

ETA: Oh, and I don't want to be kept in one of those God-awful, expensive, tacky urns. A simple, lovely wooden box.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I am a registered organ donor, so that if I were to die catastrophically, any part of my body can be used (that is not beyond repair) for the benefit of others.

I'm an organ donor, too. If my death will be able to help someone else out, then I think that takes priority. Beyond that, I think that funerals, burials and other death rituals are more for the living than the dead. At some point, I may come up with some wishes for what I want my family to do with me when I die, but that'd really be just so they don't have to make a whole lot of decisions at a difficult time, as well as so they have "permission" to go cheapie on things without feeling that they're disrespecting me somehow... but really, they can do what they want with my body; it's my memory and not my remains that I'm concerned with. And if that memory of me is going to be significantly affected by how I'm stored after I'm dead, then I didn't do a very good job when I was alive, IMO.

 

[Storm]

ITA that the whole thing is more for the living than the dead, Penguin. That informs my choices. I want to be kept so that my son has a focus for my memory, something tangible to hold onto. I think it's beneficial in the same way that visiting a loved one's grave is.

 

[Storm]

The LifeGem option is cool, but a bit pricey.

 

[Comicaze247]

Well, as we're running out of space on the earth, I'd rather not take up more after I'm already dead, so I'd say scatter my ashes.

 

[Mike182]

I'd rather my body decompose and give nutrients back to the ground than be cremated, but honestly, so long as what organs I have left that can be used are taken and used, I don't really care.

 

[Storm]

I just found out that Papa wants "green burial," not cremation. Basically, they wrap your unembalmed body in a cloth and bury it with no coffin. Sounds like that might be what you're looking for, Mike.

 

[Comicaze247]

I just found out that Papa wants "green burial," not cremation. Basically, they wrap your unembalmed body in a cloth and bury it with no coffin. Sounds like that might be what you're looking for, Mike.

Ooh, that sounds like a better idea. I like that one. But I'd rather it be in the woods or something rather than in a cemetery where the nutrients would be wasted.

 

[Storm]

Found an info page: green burial. If that's what Papa wants, I think I'd like to plant a tree over him.

 

[Draka]

I want a Green Burial. Hopefully when I die there will be one available near wherever I am by then.

That is a very nice option I didn't even know about. I'd accept that idea pretty easily. My family knows I don't want buried, at least in the "normal" way. I personally think the idea of dressing a dead body up, putting make-up on them, putting them in an ungodly pricey fancy shiny box, and buried next to a whole bunch of others just to let my body rot away...much more disturbing and grotesque than the bit I mentioned about fertilizer...or even feeding people. If that gives you any idea how much I detest the "normal" burial concept. That's why I have always preferred the idea of cremation.

 

[Heneni]

I'd rather my body decompose and give nutrients back to the ground than be cremated, but honestly, so long as what organs I have left that can be used are taken and used, I don't really care.

Hi mike. Isnt that why they line coffins though...so the juices does not run off and into the ground? I think that is also why it is mostly illegal to have a cemetery in the back yard. Its could very well be a health hazard. I think that when goverments look for areas that are suitable for cemetaries they check if there is ground water near by as well..

I want to be mummyfied.

 

[whereismynotecard]

I'm not donating my organs. They are mine, and no one else can have them. Except Baggins if he wants a tastey treat.

 

[Trey of Diamonds]

Cut off my head and freeze it! :Snow:

 

[Panda]

I picked other. I don't really care. A funeral is for the living not the dead, it should be what they want to do to honour your memory. Though a large party with lots of alcohol afterwards would be mandatory at my funeral.

 

[Panda]

I am a registered organ donor, so that if I were to die catastrophically, any part of my body can be used (that is not beyond repair) for the benefit of others.

Me to, on the form I ticked the box for all my organs to be donated if possible.

 

[whereismynotecard]

The afterward of my dad's funeral was surprisingly not sad. We just sat around and talked about random stuff. Then everyone left. That was a bizarre series of days.

 

[lunamoth]

Cremated and buried, preferably in the old overgrown cemetary near where I grew up, way in the back where it is more like woods than park.

I hope they play some good music at my funeral.

 

[Storm]

I hope they play some good music at my funeral.

I want Passacaglia and The Shape Of Things To Come by Bear McCreary.

 

[whereismynotecard]

I want the Sephiroth theme song at my funeral. I want people to be afraid.

 

[Valjean]

I suspect cremation would use a lot of fossil fuel and leave a large carbon footprint as a legacy.

The most ecologically responsible disposal would be on a Tower of Silence, but I don't think this would be legal in the US. So I guess I'd opt for green burial.