http://www.otrib.com/plan/2007/01/01/planning-an-affordable-farewell/ plan, notify, honor Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.otrib.com/plan/2007/01/01/planning-an-affordable-farewell/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Sherrill Staiff Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:05:35 +0000 http://www.otrib.com/plan/?p=9#comment-10 I have a sister who is on DSHS and been institutionalized since 1954. She is in a nursing home and taken a downhill turn which makes me feels I should plan for any future event of death. My problem is finances at this time for planning a funeral. She gets 50/mo for her personal spending needs thus leaving us very little to save. She does have a burial lot in Tumwater, WA that my parents bought in 1973 so she could be buried near them. I do not even have enough money to open a grave but hopefully could put a tombstone on the gravesite. I would assume cremation is the way to go. Any other suggestions? Thank you I have a sister who is on DSHS and been institutionalized since 1954. She is in a nursing home and taken a downhill turn which makes me feels I should plan for any future event of death. My problem is finances at this time for planning a funeral. She gets 50/mo for her personal spending needs thus leaving us very little to save. She does have a burial lot in Tumwater, WA that my parents bought in 1973 so she could be buried near them. I do not even have enough money to open a grave but hopefully could put a tombstone on the gravesite. I would assume cremation is the way to go. Any other suggestions?
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]]> http://www.otrib.com/plan/2007/01/01/planning-an-affordable-farewell/comment-page-1/#comment-6 mary klever Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:54:46 +0000 http://www.otrib.com/plan/?p=9#comment-6 My husband passed away suddenly in may of 2006. we pre planned both of our funerals, and fortunately were able to pre-pay them. I reccomend this to everyone, you make decisions when your mind is clear and do not have a tendency to overspend. if you cannot prepay the funeral cost at least preplan it. Funeral home personnel are very helpful and glad to help. I am so glad that we did, I could never have delt with all of the arrangements. My husband was out of town when he passed away. I made a call to the morturary and they arranged for a funeral director from the area to come to the hospital and alk with us. My husband was cremated and his ashes were sent to our local morturary, who followed thru with the arrangenments. My husband passed away suddenly in may of 2006. we pre planned both of our funerals, and fortunately were able to pre-pay them. I reccomend this to everyone, you make decisions when your mind is clear and do not have a tendency to overspend. if you cannot prepay the funeral cost at least preplan it. Funeral home personnel are very helpful and glad to help. I am so glad that we did, I could never have delt with all of the arrangements. My husband was out of town when he passed away. I made a call to the morturary and they arranged for a funeral director from the area to come to the hospital and alk with us. My husband was cremated and his ashes were sent to our local morturary, who followed thru with the arrangenments.

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