Sorry to hear it, I hope it was no one close. I have not ever been able to figure out why anyone wants to look at someone they loved in an open casket. I'd rather remember them as they were, alive.
Roommate from my wilder days. I am not a fan of open caskets either. I have strict orders for my funeral. Closed casket, and up beat music. I want a celebration not a weep fest, life's been good to me. I actually plan on making a video and giving if to someone at the funeral home now. I want to give my own eulogy. Tell a few stories about my goofy life and let my family know I love them.
I have a story!!! About 3years ago I was visiting a friend of mine from Ohio at their summer home in KY. We go every year on the 4th of July. So Her uncle walks up to me and gives me and the friend I have with me a red solo shot glass full of powder. We took them and waited thinking they were giving us some kind of crazy mixed drink and would be bringing the second ingredient around shortly. I was so confused because he knew that I didn't drink and hadn't in a LONG TIME. So after he hands about 20 of us a cup he proceeded to tell us that we all had a little bit of AL in our cups. Al was his partner for about 25 years, and had passed earlier that year. Anyways he told us to take a moment and spread AL. I was honored, I grew up water skiing and riding four wheelers with them my friend however had no clue who he was and was completely freaked out! Bahahahahha amazing weekend I also ate snake cooked over a fire that day!
Yeah he's gay. In think being spread by a plane would be awesome!!!! They actually took the remainder of Al's ashes and spread them from a pontoon boat into lake Cumberland. I think I'll still be buried, I thought about doing one if those tree pods. They are really interesting!
Basically it's an organic, biodegradable pod that is planted with a tree attached. As your body decomposes it makes a rich compost and feeds the tree. You can be planted in a yard, or there are a few cemetery "forest" just starting. I think it's kind of cool. It would be like your life continuing on in a way.
LOL yeah but it's still kind of cool. I'll probably just have a pine box and a shallow hole! It's not going to matter once I'm dead anyways. I love that template by the way!!!
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When my grandfather passed in 1992 his ashes were scattered over his brother's farm in Minnesota using a small airplane :)
I haven't decided yet, but I'm leaning toward having my ashes scattered from the Golden Gate Bridge, because I'm from the Bay Area :)