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UPDATE! --The cost of funerals
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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 90930" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>first and most important, I am sorry for your pain.</p><p></p><p>My dad, as well as many of my relatives, have all donated their bodies to the local medical university. The only cost involved is transportation to the University (and if you die in the hospital there, then there's no cost).</p><p></p><p>The use anything "donate-able" (in my dad's case, with his cancer, the only thing they could use was his corneas) and then use the rest in research. They do NOT use the bodies as cadavers in medication classes.</p><p></p><p>After about a year - year and a half, they cremate the remains and you have the option of getting the ashes back or having them interred in a donated plot at our large, world reknown cemetery and arboretum. They have a memorial service for those that are "processed" (that's what they call it) at that time.</p><p></p><p>My mom has also signed the paperwork to do this, and I have the paperwork but haven't filled it out yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 90930, member: 439"] first and most important, I am sorry for your pain. My dad, as well as many of my relatives, have all donated their bodies to the local medical university. The only cost involved is transportation to the University (and if you die in the hospital there, then there's no cost). The use anything "donate-able" (in my dad's case, with his cancer, the only thing they could use was his corneas) and then use the rest in research. They do NOT use the bodies as cadavers in medication classes. After about a year - year and a half, they cremate the remains and you have the option of getting the ashes back or having them interred in a donated plot at our large, world reknown cemetery and arboretum. They have a memorial service for those that are "processed" (that's what they call it) at that time. My mom has also signed the paperwork to do this, and I have the paperwork but haven't filled it out yet. [/QUOTE]
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