[Magdalen] A good idea?

[ME Michaud]

Yes, I think these trends are regional, certainly not national. Cremation
has been common in New England throughout my lifetime (although my mother
chose burial). Also, having come from a navy town, burial-at-sea. I was
surprised to read (in my hometown newspaper) that a woman I babysat for
long ago had opted for burial-at-sea (she was an avid sailor).

As I've said before, my funeral instructions call for cremation with my
ashes dumped into a sand castle in Provincetown at low tide. My friends who
attend (a small number, all friends of the gf, who will comfort and support
her) get a free weekend eating, drinking, dancing and sunning (and anything
else that adults enjoy) in gay paradise on me :-)

As Chad says, convenience is built in. I'm confident I'll be scattered on a
fine beach day in July or August. Or maybe early September.
-M



On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Very much the choice in my family. All 3 of my grandparents whom I knew
> (not sure about the one who died long before I was born) and both of my
> parents were cremated. My father's ashes are presently at my brother's
> house in New Jersey awaiting the planned memorial/funeral service in Maine
> this July, he having died in March in Florida. You can't do that with a
> corpse, but cremation provides such options.
>
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