Originally Posted by GraphiteGhost
Larry, we lost our 34 year old daughter after 10 years of 24/7 care for her brain damage here at home in July of 09. The creamation route was just a few dollars lower than the direct burial route and all her friends and our families wanted the burial route. She was 100% total care, incapable of talking. If you remember the terry schavio case a few years back, our Linda was that way EXCEPT that Linda was 100% cognitive. She was trapped in her twisted body unable to talk, communicate, 100% bedridden, 100% total care. We did this for 10 years (from age 24 to 34) and she must have thought it was a burden but of course we never thought that. Anyway, the funeral home was 'nice' enough to let us make payments over a period of time (I'm on military pension, nothing else coming in) without any interest but it was quite an awakening, this 'profession'. Quite the experience, funerals and burying...
So sorry about your
loss.
A funeral home at least give you choices and options and sticks with the agreed upon price as for as i know. You can go with the Neptune society for cremation they pick up and all for about 1600 dollars this is the way the wife and i are going. Also the military will provide services for husband and wife at little to know cost. Here in Texas u do not have to be embalmed.