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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs something wrong in a society when so many people need GoFundMe help
to bury their dead?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)malaise
(268,987 posts)who died in that boat crash was speaking with a reporter. At the end the reporter said there was a GoFundMe page to help with the funeral. Why do funerals cost so much - it's crazy.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Ghouls taking advantage of the brokenhearted.
malaise
(268,987 posts)You're right
Upthevibe
(8,046 posts)A go fund me page. I contributed $50. However, as of today, her entire FB page is gone. Don't know what to think.
malaise
(268,987 posts)co-worker? Was the GoFundme page on her FB page?
Wouldn't it be normal to delete her FB page?
closeupready
(29,503 posts)If you are referring to the Russian girl who fell off her roof this morning and died, I'm not sure that fits because they wanted to ship her body back to Russia, and I don't have many friends who could come up with $15,000 in a hurry, let alone $1,000. (Though I was corrected this morning in another thread, that many working class people come up with sufficient cash for $15,000 new cars, all the time.)
malaise
(268,987 posts)but since you raised that one - why can't they cremate her and send her ashes home?
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Or otherwise forbidden.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)Hooray religion!!!
Revanchist
(1,375 posts)Iggo
(47,552 posts)But I'm also guessing that this Rapture thingy has exactly zero chance of ever happening.
malaise
(268,987 posts)I like that
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I want my body to feed nature. I think burning bodies is a waste of perfectly good worm food.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)Funds used to be raised by Money Trees among friends and neighbors, though.
malaise
(268,987 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,326 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)LeftInTX
(25,312 posts)I found out it was illegal!!!!
malaise
(268,987 posts)sprinkle with gas and light. That too is illegal.
I have been toying with leaving by body for the med students (donating it to the hospital)- it's the cheapest option. The other option is simple cremation
LeftInTX
(25,312 posts)It's a forensic anthropology site where they study decomposition.
malaise
(268,987 posts)phylny
(8,380 posts)last week. The GoFundMe requests are everywhere. Family has no money for expenses.
I made a donation to the funeral home, since GFM takes 5%.
malaise
(268,987 posts)Keep the body in the morgue for months while they gather money for 'a good funeral'.
I'll never get it.
phylny
(8,380 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)malaise
(268,987 posts)when they lose a loved one
BootinUp
(47,144 posts)malaise
(268,987 posts)BootinUp
(47,144 posts)lostnfound
(16,179 posts)Income inequality and lack of opportunity is killing American society.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)greymattermom
(5,754 posts)and she already had a cemetery plot and a head stone.
malaise
(268,987 posts)on steroids