[Magdalen] cemetery plots...

[Lynn Ronkainen]

http://www.gravesolutions.com/SitePages/selling.asp

national 'clearinghouse' website for grave plots... $59. for a year long ad

who would'a thunk it?

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

Thomas Merton writes, “People may spend their whole lives climbing the 
ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is 
leaning against the wrong wall.”

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From: "James Oppenheimer" <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 3:01 PM
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] cemetery plots...

> I assume there is not a stone for the two graves as a unit?  Is it a plot
> that might be viewed as family by others?
>
> You might move it if you price it lower, just to move it.
>
> You could avoid expense by advertising it in Freecycle and giving it away.
> I have gotten rid of a lot of stuff that way.  I'm about to get rid of my
> computers again, now that my most recent one has scrap metal where its 
> hard
> drive used to be.
>
> https://www.freecycle.org/
>
> over five thousand groups, over eight million members.  Great way to get
> rid of stuff without the hassle of selling.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things 
> better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your 
> time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> My mom is now interested in selling 'her' gravesite, purchased 40 years
>> ago when my father died and she bought 2.  I just got off the phone with
>> the cemetery and, of course, they do not facilitate selling, or buy them
>> back... it was suggested that I run an ad in the diocesan bi-monthly
>> paper.  The current cost of the plot in question? $1,400.  ... 
>> unbelievable
>> (IMO). One ad is $20. and the person in the classified section said that
>> often these ads run for several months ($20. x number of issues).This is 
>> an
>> RC cemetery in suburban Detroit.
>>
>> Making 'blowing in the wind' even more appealing, for moi.
>> Lynn
>>
>>
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
>> not
>> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave 
>> me."
>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>
>> Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
>> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder 
>> is
>> leaning against the wrong wall."
>>