[Magdalen] "California woman holds party before killing herself"

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Mike> In the event that my family no longer owns the place, my son has been
> instructed to drive by and toss the ashes onto the driveway.


I've been reading up and making plans for my mother's final wishes to be 
buried over my dad's coffin in his plot at the RC cemetery in Detroit. *Holy 
Ground* (not the cemetery name, but the evocation)  and O the rules... and 
the reasons. Sigh.  At the time of my mom's death (after she'd been 
cremated, I was informed that her church *preferred* an embalmment, funeral 
and then a cremation.  I did question the funeral planner on his realization 
of the cost/expectation of that preference.... As it turned out, because my 
mother was already cremated she was still able to have one version rather 
than the less desired version of a memorial service because her remains 
would be present at the service.

Sheesh...some days it really makes me wonder WWJT.


Lynn
who has noted that during the summer months the cemetery is open for 1.5 
hours after the offices have closed, an obvious opportunity for DIY 
potential....

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
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Mahoney, W. Michael" <wmmah at stoneledge.net>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 2:44 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] "California woman holds party before killing 
herself"

> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 6:32 PM, AT&T <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
>
>> My uncle was a great lover of horse racing. He had said once that he
>> wanted his ashes scattered at Hollywood Park near LAX. Unfortunately we
>> were unable to accommodate his wishes so we took next best. I had a long
>> time friend who was working for the LA Turf Club. So one day we went to 
>> the
>> races and afterwards were treated to a tour of the facilities. During the
>> tour we scattered his ashes on the back straight of Santa Anita Racetrack
>> in Arcadia, CA.
>
>
> If I can manage to die here, then I can be buried here, where I have lived
> for the last 30 years.
>
> I could be buried in a plain, pine coffin in an unlined grave.  A late,
> neighbor friend build his own coffin and would have dug his own grave had
> he not been confined to a wheelchair.  Alternatively,  my ashes could be
> spread about.
>
> The specific location is pretty clear --  in our pet cemetery where some 
> of
> my best friends were put to rest.
>
> In the event that my family no longer owns the place, my son has been
> instructed to drive by and toss the ashed onto the driveway.
>
> Mike M.