The cost of death
Sir, — Briar Cambourn (“The Press,” July 27) itemises the cost of burying. I object to being ripped off ever, after death. The following steps can largely prevent this, if done by a relative. A death certificate is obtained from a doctor, a crematorium is telephoned for a dispose time (within normal hcurs). The shrouded body is placed in a home-made pine box and taken to the crematorium in the back of a sta-tion-waggon. The ashes are
obtained and scattered afterwards in front of two witnesses. The form is signed and sent to the Registrar of Births and Deaths. The relatives will have personally and lovingly carried out the ’ast rites for about $5O rather than $550. — Yours, etc., M. FLAIN. July 27, 1978.
[The procedure outlined by the correspondent is legal, but the costs amount to more than the $5O suggested. A death certificate costs $3 and the crematorium charges range between $lO7 and $llB. —Editor.]
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