Interesting day at the cemetery

**Luckey** · 4th April 08, 08:06 PM

Yup, I can relate. I worked 21 years in a cemetery before my back finally gave out. Sol many memories - sad, funny and horrifying!

**Coemgen** · 4th April 08, 10:49 PM

If often wondered what it would be like to be a funeral director. As I tell my dad, at least being an undertaker has job security

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**Frank McGrath** · 5th April 08, 05:53 AM

The State Of Maryland has a program where you can donate your body to science. Medical students need cadavers to proctice on. So, I signed up. Free funeral and the family gets ashes returned to them in 6 months. So, my living will sends my body to Baltimore, My soul to heaven. I have requested a memorial barbeque. No ties, no jackets. Anyone shows up in a tie gets haunted for the rest of their days. I have requested a piper (whole band would be nice) a couple of kegs (Mama knows what beer to buy) Hula shirts or kilts (whichever your preference) All are invited. Watch this site. Frank

**JerseyLawyer** · 5th April 08, 06:10 AM

I do feel for the poor man's family, though. What a horrible thing to have happen at a time like that!

That being said, it has a certain "Abbot & Costello" factor. Those sort of things probably get funeral directors sued.

**ThreadBbdr** · 6th April 08, 12:42 PM

At the risk of taking this totall OT (since there were, sadly, no bagpipes), my FILs funeral was one of those, too. Between the service and the graveside, the hearse broke down. Kaput, dead engine, right on the main throughfare of Fort Riley!

Luckily, we had the Army honor guard and two young Marines (JC and one of his friends), so they were able to lift and transfer the coffin from the hearse to the funeral home van and proceed on to the graveside. It was less impressive than the big black 'limo', but it was so typically "Jim" that we all laugh about it now.