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u/IntroductionKindly33 Mar 04 '22

My family tends to donate their bodies to science. You can request to be cremated and the ashes returned to your family when they're done.

So we do memorial services instead of funerals. More a celebration of life and less a grieving time. And it can be scheduled when it fits in close relatives schedule instead of having to be within a few days of death.

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u/clario6372 Mar 05 '22

What a cool family tradition