Re: It's okay

From: Dwilliams (animallady2002_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:46:55 -0500

Good points.

Dee

"14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
news:2iu1joFqnug8U1@uni-berlin.de...
> Buying the plots is great, and writing everything down for your
> survivor/executor is a wonderful idea, but buying a pre-paid funeral is
> probably a very bad idea. Very often the pre-paid funeral is not to be
had
> when the time comes. The funeral home may have gone out of business by
> then, or may simply insist ownership has changed and they have no
knowledge
> of any such obligation, etc., etc. Even if the home you choose turns out
to
> be stable, honest, and reputable, what happens if you have arranged a
> prepaid funeral in your current city of residence but die forty years
later
> on the other side of the country, in a community in which you have been
> living the last couple of decades? Arrange the details by all means, but
> you'd be better to put the money to pay for it in a joint savings account
> with the person who will need to do the paying and leave it there.
> --
>
> Sheila
> To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
>
> "LizzieB" <blahblah@blahblah.com> wrote in message
> news:1zhyc.217$WX1.163@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> > After having gone through this experience with my mother when my father
> died
> > (he was 51), I think the best thing my husband and I can do for my
family
> is
> > to buy the plots, get that pre-paid funeral thing, and *write it all
down*
> > for the remaining spouse and/or executor. Of course, we're not even 40
> yet,
> > but things happen and if we've already taken care of all this stuff, it
> sure
> > takes a lot of burden off grieving loved ones whose *last* thought
should
> > be, "How am I going to pay for this?"
> >
> > LizzieB
> >
> >
>
>

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