Anyone planned their own Memorial Service?

[merlin]

Any scrap of me that can be donated to help others once I'm gone can be taken. My organs, etc are of zero use to me once I'm dead, but could potentially extend or improve the life of someone still alive, so they are welcome to whatever they can make use of.
After that, get rid of the bits that are left as cheaply as possible, no religious mutterings of any sort, and get on with enjoying your lives. Once I'm no longer here, if anyone thinks that at some point in their lives I've made them smile, that'll do me.

 

[paul o']

I have two ways to bugger off .
One is cheap way its to die in Hospital dont collect or take me to the bloodsuckers or as they like to be called ( funeral directors ) so from the slab to to fire in a cardboard box or bag , No BS service I don't take to that Guff ! as its all crap and a way to rip of the living ?? thats why the churches are some of the richest land and gold owners in the world ? .
She can chuck a few pounds over the bar so others can stay there in the warm or have to sing or be forced into BLA BLA BLA by Sid the Vic stay there don't bother turning up, that way it can be finished faster .
2nd way.
Fall off the back of the boat and end up as North sea and become ground bait ! no service zero cost .

 

[8x57]

She can chuck a few pounds over the bar.

Blow that they can buy their own beer if they are going to sit there and tell lies about me.

I know what you mean about the old parson rattling on. It annoys me even more when they are talking about someone that they didn't even know.
Even more upsetting when they are struggling to find something positive about a person. I kid you not but I went to a funeral last year of a guy in his fifties. He never did much in his life and the best the parson could do was to mention that he once went to Barcelona to watch his favourite football team play, and that he used to line up his toy cars all around the room when he was a child. I thought that particularly sad.

Well at least when I hang up my boots they will be able to say "Do you remember when that stupid Bast**d did blah blah blah"

 

[Grannysmith]

Still prefer the proffesional mourners

 

[2434me]

My instructions written into my will , are to have my ashes dropped off the bridge at Montrose on an incoming tide.So they wash all over Montrose basin where I started shooting . As long as they are in a PVA bag it should work OK.The instructions are for Gixer1 on here ! Knowing him I will be in a tesco bag and an outgoing tide and end up in the middle of the north sea somewhere ????
The only other insruction ,is for any memorial they have . After being a keeper for 35/36 years ? I want all the guys to wear a bow made from blue binder twine !!I was famous for blue binder twine (along with most of the keepers in the country ).

 

[gixer1]

My instructions written into my will , are to have my ashes dropped off the bridge at Montrose on an incoming tide.So they wash all over Montrose basin where I started shooting . As long as they are in a PVA bag it should work OK.The instructions are for Gixer1 on here ! Knowing him I will be in a tesco bag and an outgoing tide and end up in the middle of the north sea somewhere ????
The only other insruction ,is for any memorial they have . After being a keeper for 35/36 years ? I want all the guys to wear a bow made from blue binder twine !!I was famous for blue binder twine (along with most of the keepers in the country ).

It’s all sorted, don’t worry!

 

[neillfrbs]

always remember stev tiler from arrowsmith asked in an interview were he would like his ashes spread ,he said on venice beach in ca ,as even when im dead i will be able to get in girls pants .

 

[paul o']

Why be so sad Spix ? don't we get charged enough to live we pay our way into the coffers ? So my choice is not to pay Some hand wringer corvid when its my turn to be burnt ! if I could DIY it I would but as in life its all about the paper work and box ticking , so i will end up with a loss to some bugger just less than others

 

[the_greenman]

Whilst I was still in service, my crewmate and I would often deal with this side of life, or rather not life and for those in the job whether police, ambulance or fire (even army) dark morbid humour would be our norm. Therefore my passing would be marked with my crewmate driving a tractor pulling a slurry sprayer. My ashes would be ceremoniously dumped into said tank and when it came to the usual sombre drive through our headquarters estate with all the members of HQ staff (especially our beloved Professional Standards Department) lining the route, my crewmate would switch the sprayer on so that everybody would have a lasting impression of me. I retired though so no longer get the drive through choice. Ah well.. opportunity missed!
Condolences to those members who have recently lost.

 

[Tagoat]

My wife passed five weeks ago, she had a terminal illness and she was well aware of how it would end, unfortunatley it?
came sooner than either of us expected.
When she was given the diagnosis she planned her memorial service writing everything down so that there would be no
doubt of her wishes.
I carried out her wishes to the best of my ability though some changes had to be made due to Covid restrictions.
A simple but beautiful Humanist service.
I do envy those of you with faith it must be a great comfort.

I'm so sad to hear of your loss. Early days, but , I hope your happy memories bring you great comfort.

 

[kimh]

WHAT PROVISION 'AS A FIREARMS OWNER' HAVE YOU MADE FOR YOUR INEVITABLE DEATH

 

[FrenchieBoy]

WHAT PROVISION 'AS A FIREARMS OWNER' HAVE YOU MADE FOR YOUR INEVITABLE DEATH

Although it doesn't effect me that is a very good question!

 

[Ade8mm]

Please don't think of me as some sort of nutter as this is a bit of a "Morbid" or "Strange" thing to ask. Has anyone on here planned their own Memorial Service with their own personal wishes and instructions for when they pass away?

We watched a program about a company called "Pure Cremation". (I'm not going to advertise for them but you can find their web site easily enough if you "Google" them) This company does everything for your cremation from the time that you pass away to the time that your ashes are returned to your family, without you or your family having to plan it at what is so often a very distressing time for those that you leave behind. There is no "Service" at the crematorium (Unless you ask for one which costs a bit extra) and they deliver your ashes back to your home within 21 days of your cremation.
All you have to do (If you so wish) is to plan/have a "Memorial Service" at your home or place of your choice.
We have discussed this at great lengths and have decided that this is what we would like when we pass away so we have decided to plan our own "Memorial Service" ourselves and to leave our instructions/wishes written down (After discussing it between the both of us and of course our direct family) so that there is no fuss or disagreeing about what others might have thought about what should happen when the "inevitable" happens.
Has anyone else ever thought along these lines?

Me? Nothing specific other than have asked SWMBO to chuck this well thumbed book, that I received on my 10th Birthday from my Grandma down the hole or on the pyre.

 

[willie_gunn]

Me? Nothing specific other than have asked SMBO to chuck this well thumbed book, that I received on my 10th Birthday from my Grandma down the hole or on the pyre.
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What a wonderful book to be esconced with for all eternity!

Along with "The Gamekeeper at Home" this book was instrumental in nurturing my interest in all things to do with nature.

Jefferies, a wonderful writer, grew up not far from where I now live. I doubt he would recognise it now though.

 

[Ade8mm]

"Along with "The Gamekeeper at Home" this book was instrumental in nurturing my interest in all things to do with nature."

Me too. 1970's- What a great time it was to be growing up eh?