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Woodland burial for me too, I really want to give a bit back to the land that has fed me so well for so long. As for the tree I'm thinking Sweet Chestnut or Copper Beech...

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'Plantman' I think this would make an appropriate reading for your interment...
http://www.over50sforum.com/showthre...970#post125970

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Thanks Meg, that's a lovely passage, and so true. Having been a builder for most of my life I have left many monuments behind, but I have always loved the land more than anything, so my final monument will be the tree above me...

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My mother in law before she died had everything arranged, the funeral, church service, what she was to be buried in, she left a list of the places her husband had to contact after she died, what forms had to be filled in.
She got to see all the people that she wanted to, they were spread all over the country, and she asked for flowers to be sent while she was alive so that she could see them.
She had been told she had a certain time to live but unfortunately she died sooner than expected.
But at least everything was organised and we all followed her express wishes.

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I is a born again atheist, so I require no hymns nor any form of religious ceremony at my funeral.

As I am being carried to my final resting place through the crem or wherever, I want the song "I Will Always Love You" to be played then, when I go through the curtains to the fiery furnace I want the song "I've Had The Time of My Life" played.

I've left these conditions in my Will, for my remaining brother to carry out. He gets my house and what little land I have, plus the contents, to do with as he pleases when I'm gone.

One thing I haven't instructed him on though, is in the event of me popping me clogs, for him to let you good folk know that I've gone to the happy hunting ground, as I'd hate to just fade into obscurity without you knowing why.

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For my ex wife's memorial service in Scotland. The ceremony was conducted by a lovely lady from 'The Humanist league' I don't know an awful lot about them. But she conducted the proceedings with all due solemnity and dignity. But without any religious content. My daughter was so impressed, that she had the same lady conduct her wedding, in Doune castle, a year later.

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I am going to my funeral alone,no mourners, no flowers.I will be scattered at the crematorium.That is a lovely place in the woodland but I dont want to be buried.

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i aint done nothing,when im dead i aint gonna worry bout it,
they can throw me on the compost heap,i wont know.
house will go to next of kin,sorted.

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Doc matey, your house (estate) will only be passed to your next of kin IF and only IF you have left a will to that effect, if not, and you unfortunately die intestate (i.e without a will) your estate will go to the government.

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What about Statutory Legacy ? that surely provides some protection for kinfolk. That said it is far better to have a will drawn up and properly witnessed to make sure.