[Magdalen] A good idea?

[Marion Thompson]

A lovely send-off.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 4/24/2016 9:27 PM, Marilyn Cepeda wrote:
> At one point I had my mother in law, two cats, and a dog cremations in
> their separate containers. My father in law with our help chartered the
> tall sailing ship and all of us enjoyed a boat trip out, boxed lunches,
> etc. at sunset, said mother in law was sent overboard. We sailed back in to
> sinking sun.
>
> The pets save one rest in pet cremation garden at The Episcopal Church of
> the Redeemer!
>
> Marilyn
>
> On Sunday, April 24, 2016, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Helen, my wonderful Mom in law, hung around our place for years til we had
>> a chance to go out to Arizona and inurn (?) her ashes with her beloved
>> Vince.  It was so terrific after all those years that people remembered
>> Helen and came to the service.
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 11:51 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's interesting how quickly cremation gained traction. when I was
>>> growing
>>>> up, people would talk about a death and then, whispering, "He was --
>>>> cremated -- you know..." and everyone sort of paused and then changed
>> the
>>>> subject. Today, it's rapidly becoming the primary choice.
>>>>
>>>> An interesting discussion:
>>>> http://www.religioustolerance.org/crematio1.htm
>>>>
>>>> I was surprised at how recent the shift has apparently been, according
>> to
>>>> the numbers in this source, anyway.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
>> preserved,
>>>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 8:40 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In a message dated 4/23/2016 7:50:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> all of  our resting places will be utterly forgotten, so there's
>>>>> actually little  difference.>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just go with cremation.
>>>>>
>>>>> That way you can either be scattered or if interred in a cemetery,
>>>>> take up very little room.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David Strang.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Christopher Hart
>>>
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