I went there last week to discuss details of the final disposition. We met in a beautifully-appointed room with oak furniture and computerized brochures on the wall-mounted flatscreen and tastefully-lit display cases full of sample urns. Today I have to go back to get my copies of the death certificate. That will help drive it home. Meanwhile my father's ashes are there too, and they really didn't have to tell me that. Indeed, I don't know why they were trucked all the way up here in the first place. They had him in storage in Emeryville, and his ashes will be dispersed in the Bay, and Citrus Heights is way the fuck away from both of those. Maybe they thought I might change my mind and want them after all. shudder
Anyway, though I don't suppose appearances should matter to me, I'd be a wee bit more comfortable if the Neptune Society just rented an office front in a strip mall rather than built this mausoleum-looking thing.
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It's supposed to be creepy death-y! At least it isn't managed by a scary clown.
Creepier to imagine your mom still in a freezer at UCI...
I was going to say yep, looks like a mausoleum. Then I saw it WAS a mausoleum. Sort of.
Do they let you dump ashes in the Bay? We have to sneak 'em into Lake Michigan. Though they mostly look the other way if you look like we do.
Creepy. The building looks like a head buried in the ground up to it's eyes.
We're not having the best experience with the funeral "home" either. Seems they "lost" Jim's wedding ring.
Anyway, good luck with all that. I hope your new year is happy and bright.
Re: Clown
@gekko, are you sure?
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