Cheapest burial/cremation/disposal at sea etc.

righter

having buried my son last year,I can tell you cardboard coffins are not that cheap. £250-300. if we had been at home we would have made the coffin ourselves. We had to buy two,cardboard for preferred burial choice,and wooden for our ferry.
We buried him on our own land,which obviously cost nothing. this is permissible if you own land.

Errata

Cardboard coffin, use of undertakers estate designed for collecting bodies from the mortuary instead of a hearse, barbecue at the crem - which is a public building that anyone can access, undertaker conducts the crem procedure, ashes to sit on a shelf at the undertakers for evermore.
That's about as cheap as it can get.

righter

See the Natural death centre for information on DIY funerals. We did everything from this end ourselves,transfer of body into second coffin,grave digging etc. We did employ an undertaker in England. We hired a van to bring him home. Dealing with everything ourselves helped me deal with the situation.

Mojisola

miserable_ol_so_n_so wrote: »

Thanks for your input. I do have friends and family and I would wish for them to get together after the event and have a good time, a few drinks, good food etc, without having had to attend the disposal!

Have you asked your family and friends what they think of the idea? Funerals are very important to some people. Laying someone to rest is part of the grieving process. It makes the death really final and helps people to move on. A celebration of life without the cremation or burial may just not do it for your nearest and dearest.

babyshoes

I was about to ask the same thing - have you spoken to your loved ones about this idea? A funeral/memorial is not for the deceased, it is for the living. If they would be ok with a simple disposal, then go for it, but if not then it may be worth starting up some sort of saving scheme to specifically pay for a simple ceremony at a crematorium, or similar. I am sure there are schemes out there where you pay for your coffin etc in advance.

miserable_ol_so_n_so

Mojisola wrote: »

Have you asked your family and friends what they think of the idea? Funerals are very important to some people. Laying someone to rest is part of the grieving process. It makes the death really final and helps people to move on. A celebration of life without the cremation or burial may just not do it for your nearest and dearest.

Thank you for your input. As a matter of fact no I have not sked my loved ones, yet. I will discuss this with them before reaching a final decision. This grieving business is not important to me.

miserable_ol_so_n_so

babyshoes wrote: »

I was about to ask the same thing - have you spoken to your loved ones about this idea? A funeral/memorial is not for the deceased, it is for the living. If they would be ok with a simple disposal, then go for it, but if not then it may be worth starting up some sort of saving scheme to specifically pay for a simple ceremony at a crematorium, or similar. I am sure there are schemes out there where you pay for your coffin etc in advance.

Thank you for your input. Yes I will definitely discuss this with my loved ones.

miserable_ol_so_n_so

righter wrote: »

See the Natural death centre for information on DIY funerals. We did everything from this end ourselves,transfer of body into second coffin,grave digging etc. We did employ an undertaker in England. We hired a van to bring him home. Dealing with everything ourselves helped me deal with the situation.

Thank you for your input. May he rest in peace.

alec_eiffel

If you weren't sure about the medical science route you could go for plastination that way you wouldn't be buried at all you'd be preserved.

miserable_ol_so_n_so

HRV wrote: »

Me and my OH actually discussed this when we were talking about our wishes and he concluded he wouldn't want an expensive coffin and was happy with a cardboard box- so we goggled it and you can buy cardboard coffins (cheap) which would save loads if you were cremated.

Thank you for your input. Acquiring a coffin would not be hard. The process of resting the body inside it then transporting it to the crematorium could be tricky. I suppose thats where an undertaker would be necessary.