Or at Costco: https://www.costco.com/funeral.html
Buddy I grew up with dad was a Lutheran minister. He was also a woodworker, so we got along great and were often swapping info and tools. He built his own casket and fashioned it like a low table, so it could be of use in their home until needed. He was in really good physical shape, not an ounce of fat on his body. The church had a Thursday night basketball league we all played in (you could be a Catholic and play in it, too, as they needed the dudes.) So one night there are two games going on in the gym at the church, and all the sudden we’re looking over from the far court and there’s a big commotion under one of the baskets. Minister was driving in for a layup, went up, came down, collapsed on the floor. Probably dead when he hit it from an aneurysm. Blew out an artery. Sucks. Saw the casket in use the next week. -D > On Mar 1, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ayup! Right there with shysters. > > One way to keep em from cheating you is to BYOC. (BYO casket) Buy one here, > and the local FD can't rip you off. http://trappistcaskets.com > <http://trappistcaskets.com/> > And, the $$$ goes to a good cause, not buying a bigger boat or plane for the > FD. > >> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> March 1, 2017 at 5:40 PM >> When my mom died in 06 they had funeral insurance with the local funeral >> home. You buy a policy for an amount like $10k or so then all the funeral >> stuff is done with that, casket, the service, embalming, transport, >> whatever. So a few months later I am sorting through all the estate stuff, >> and I find this other insurance policy for $10k, no idea what it is. So I >> call up the insco to find out, I have to send them paperwork so a coupla >> weeks later I get a call from them saying they paid the funeral home with >> the proceeds. I told the girl my mom had a policy specifically for that, >> why did they pay this to the funeral home. She says well they called and >> said they needed to get paid for the funeral. Keep in mind as far as I knew >> they were not on this policy, my dad was the beneficiary. The girl had no >> idea why they had done that, there was no real record of it and however it >> sorted out. I didn't even know she had this policy, it was something she >> bought ages ago. WTF? >> >> So I call this woman I had dealt with at the funeral home, she was no longer >> there and I get the runaround. So I call my auntie, who knows everyone in >> this little town, and she gets me the name of the head guy over there. So I >> ring him up, explain the situation, where is this money? He claims not to >> know anything about it but will check and get back to me. A week later no >> call, so I ring him back, finally reach him, and he hems and haws and yeah >> they should not have got that money as there was another policy specifically >> for the funeral. He never could explain exactly what happened but it was >> pretty clear I busted him and his little scam. I suggested I would have my >> dad's lawyer and the county prosecutor (I had dealt with her extensively >> related to another situation of people ripping them off) discuss the matter >> with him, and OBTW how much exactly did that funeral cost and how much was >> that other policy? A few days later I get a check for like $17k which >> included however much that policy was worth and the leftover from the >> funeral costs. So basically this outfit was a bunch of damned thieves, >> tried to rip me/my dad off for $17k. I got to thinking about how many other >> people they probably scammed like that, no one would really ever know unless >> they did a really detailed study of all the dead person's papers and such to >> figure it all out. My parents's stuff was a complete mess, so it was kinda >> happenstance I found this policy and then chased it down. >> >> --FT >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
