Originally Posted by Lacelady
My dad insisted that we spend as little as possible on his funeral - he had a strong opinion on the kind of profits funeral directors seemed to want. He even wanted us to find him a cardboard coffin
I'm not even going to suggest a cardboard box to my dad. He thinks funerals are a waste of money and told us to throw him in a burlap sack and throw in a hole we dig in the yard so he can still fertilize the yard once he's gone (he and my mom have a lawncare business).
But I do like the idea of a quilt instead of flowers. My grandma wanted donations to her church building fund instead of people sending flowers for her funeral, but sadly, only her sister and one other couple sent donations to the church, everyone else sent flowers (her only living sister sent flowers as well) I just wish people would honor others even in death and do as they wish. But funerals are quite expensive as it is, a quilt is one way to make it a little less expensive on those we leave behind