One can always choose to upgrade from the free cardboard box, such as basic pine, mahagony, or even metal coffins, etc. for an extra cost. From: Margie <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Military Burials, who knew? I have one for you too - my brother died in Missouri and was cremated per his wishes and they were 'sprinkled' in Bodega Bay as he wanted.  He always said his high school days at Tomales (Marin County) were his best memories.  We tried to have his military grave marker (these are free - he served in Korea and Viet Nam) placed in the Lower Lake Cemetery in Lake County where all our family has been buried since they arrived in California in the 1850s. Were we ever surprised to learn that in order to 'place a marker' without a burial of either a casket or cremated remains, we would still be liable for the $500 fee to 'probe' the area at the foot of my grandparents graves (which is where we thought it would be nice to have it)  - to see whether any other body was there.  Really???  They thought we would buy this fraud.  On top of that, we would have to pay the 'cemetery service' to 'place' the marker - another $300.  Talk about big business. Margie Hinton -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Apr 21, 2012 1:30 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Military Burials, who knew? > >I am not joking when I went to the funeral home in 2008 and inquired about the cost of caskets the cheapest one they had to offer was a box for $500. To be fair they did not call it a cardboard box but that is exactly what it was. >Eugene ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Judie Cook" >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:22:34 PM >Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Military Burials, who knew? > >You joke!  That is just gross.  Some poor veteran in VIrginia was treated that way some years back. There was a huge uproar, as there should have been. >Cardboard boxes simply are not acceptable. > >Judie Cook >On Apr 21, 2012, at 4:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> >> Whoever dies first goes in first and the other spouse goes on top. If you are not picky then I would buy a cardboard box and put the individual in it. In 2008 a reinforced cardboard box cost $500. When I buried my father in 1998 the VA put his casket in a cement liner (box) with a removal top. Filled the hole up and put a headstone on top. Ten years later when my mother died the VA removed enough dirt to place another cement liner on top of the first one and put my mother casket (not a cardboard box) in it with a removal top and put the original headstone on top of her liner and then covered the hole with dirt. About a month later the VA installed a new headstone reflecting the burial of both of my parents. As a footnote although rare I have seen graves where children of veterans were also buried in a VA cemetery. This is usually done because the child was a minor when they died. >> >> >> >> Eugene >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Judie Cook" >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 11:31:16 AM >> Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Military Burials, who knew? >> >> NEXT to him, or beneath him???  Space if short, and we have understood that spouses are buried WITH...meaning on top of or under whoever is already there. Soon they'll be requiring cremation so that the spaces that are left can be more fully utilized. >> >> Judie Cook >> On Apr 21, 2012, at 1:12 PM, Bill Roddy wrote: >> >>> My father, a World War I veteran died in 1957 and is buried at the Presidio >>> National Cemetery in SF.  My mother died in 1963 and is buried next to him. >>> Bill >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of hum.linda >>> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 9:53 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [NORCAL] Military Burials, who knew? >> >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> NORCAL ARCHIVES: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. >> Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. >> ----------------------------------------- >> To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >----------------------------------------- >NORCAL ARCHIVES: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. >Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. >----------------------------------------- >To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >----------------------------------------- >NORCAL ARCHIVES: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >Enter NORCAL. 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