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Thread ID: 134751	2013-08-06 21:47:00	fastest / cheapest legal funeral possible in NZ	kingdragonfly (309)	PC World Chat

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1350706	2013-08-06 21:47:00	My mother told me "funerals are for the living, not the dead". To me it meant some people require a sense of remembrance, and closure. For the cadaver, it's not going to care. My friend father had chronic kidney disease, and the doctors said it was terminal. Due to the disease, his father became demented. His crippled, deaf wife was forced to take care of him, once he was released from the hospital. After a great deal of strain on all of his family, he passed. My friend is attending his father's funeral. It's a week long affair. He's been asked to create and show a slide show during the funeral. Frankly, this is the worst possible funeral I can imagine. First I want a "do not resuscitate" order, so no heroic medicine is performed. Second, I'd like to be cremated within one day of my death, and the funeral home personnel scatter my ashes into the ocean without ceremony. If someone wants a memorial, they could do it at their leisure. How do I make my wishes known? In particular, I want paramedic to know about my "do not resuscitate" order ASAP. I was thinking about wearing a medical alert necklace, with these orders. However I don't know where to get them. I assume the funeral arrangement could be spelled out in my will. Again I'm not sure about this.	kingdragonfly (309)
1350707	2013-08-06 21:54:00	Wouldn't a lawyer be able to help you with your will? Bearing in mind I'm too young to really be worrying about this :p	pcuser42 (130)
1350708	2013-08-06 22:42:00	Put these words into a sentence: Sea, Boat, Hire, Overboard, Tasman	Greg (193)
1350709	2013-08-06 23:53:00	I've just been through this, my mother died in July, not unexpectedly, though I was beginning to fear she would outlive me ! As you indicate, when you're dead you're dead, so does it really matter what other people do with your body ? You wont know about it :) You can put your wishes in your will, but you would need to ensure next of kin have copies and are aware of what you want, as you would have long been disposed of before the will is executed. In my mother's case she died on a Monday morning, body collected Monday afternoon, cremated Tuesday afternoon. You don't actually have to go through a funeral director, although they have all the paperwork at their fingertips and it makes life easier. The minimum cost will be around $4k. You could save a bit of cost by disposing of the ashes in a dustbin rather than paying someone to cast them into the sea, again you wouldn't know would you ? :) There is an excellent .pdf guide for deaths funerals and small estates: www.broadbentandmay.co.nz df	Terry Porritt (14)
1350710	2013-08-06 23:53:00	Put these words into a sentence: Sea, Boat, Hire, Overboard, Tasman Probably, not, allowed.:banana	kenj (9738)
1350711	2013-08-07 00:07:00	Put these words into a sentence: Sea, Boat, Hire, Overboard, Tasman Sea Tasman Boat Overboard Hire Done :p	Nick G (16709)
1350712	2013-08-07 01:07:00	Hire boat, overboard Tasman Sea.	Richard (739)
1350713	2013-08-07 03:25:00	great PDF, Terry Porritt If I wanted to commit suicide, I'd probably use a suicide bag en.wikipedia.org I'd like to remove the guilt, and pain, from any survivors by requesting the cheapest, quickest funeral. Of course, if they like to spend a small fortune, I'm dead at that point so I'm beyond caring.	kingdragonfly (309)
1350714	2013-08-07 03:57:00	First I want a "do not resuscitate" order, so no heroic medicine is performed. Second, I'd like to be cremated within one day of my death, and the funeral home personnel scatter my ashes into the ocean without ceremony. If someone wants a memorial, they could do it at their leisure. How do I make my wishes known? In particular, I want paramedic to know about my "do not resuscitate" order ASAP. . The Do Not Resuscitate can be arranged through your GP. My mum has arranged this. You could also get it tattooed on your chest.....I saw someone who had done that....in case notice doesn't get to whoever in time.... Funerals: Both of us have donated our corpses to Med School (when we are actually a corpse that is). We do have to be in a usable condition, so no death by fire or sharks for instance. They pick up the corpse and take it away, cost $0. If we do happen to be chewed or burnt or something well then there is this: www.stateofgrace.net.nz Or you can make your own. Even cheaper. Cremation: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz $550. So all up, less than $1000, or make your own packaging - $550 and no other cost. It's written into our wills and next of kin (and will executor)) have copies of the instructions.	pctek (84)
1350715	2013-08-07 07:36:00	That is real interesting. My late mum died in 2004. Semi comatose with final stages of dementia. Very sad, but a welcome death both for mum and us. Mum was cremated in the simplest manner as were her wishes, and we all gathered in Auckland around 6 weeks later and placed her ashes beside dads in the memory garden. Made SWMBO and I think about it all and we have the same instructions in our wills and have purchased a niche in a wall at the Napier cemetary. We will be cremated before a notice is put in the local paper. We both feel quite comfortable about this and happy that we have set it all up. A bit morbid but someone has to do it and I would rather do it my way than have the kids have to face it. Ken As a point of interest you could look at the niche as an investment.... it is wall 8, row 8, column 8. We bought it on 8-8-08... any offers :-)	kenj (9738)
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