In 1996, my brother passed away in Tucson, AZ. We picked up his ashes from the mortuary to bring them back to California and no questions were asked. We supposed we could do what we wanted with the ashes, so part of them were spread in the Sequoia National Forest. (Okay, I knew it was against the law - but that would have been our story if we'd been caught.) Many of my family are buried / inurned in Salinas, so we traipsed to Salinas with the remainder of the ashes. Garden of Memories Cemetery in Salinas would not place the ashes in a niche without a CALIFORNIA death certificate. It was a weekend, so the ashes came back to Kern County, where a death certificate was issued the next day. The ashes returned to Salinas and were inurned. So, my brother died in Arizona, buried in Monterey County, CA with a death certificate issued by Kern County, CA. My brother's ashes traveled nearly as much as my brother did when he was alive! On Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:35 PM, GARY RADCLIFFE [SMTP:[email protected]] wrote: > Mike Huggins writes: > > On my relative's DC there is no mention of the disposition of the ashes. I > would assume that the disposition was completely at the discretion of the > surviving party in carrying out the deceased's last wishes. > > ========================================= > > My neigbor was a well-known expert of growing cactus from seed. > His wife scatered his ashes in the back yard where he did so much work. > I'm told this is not lawful The funeral industry in California certainly got > their way during the 20th century. Has the law been changed? > > Gary Radcliffe > West Covina, CA > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Do NOT post virus notices to the list. > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 6/30/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 6/30/2003