^ "UPS/FEDEX absolutely refuse to touch human remains, even cremated."
I wonder what the rationale is on that.
I do know that there was a rather strongly-worded certification on the sealed box of Cremains I received (and sent back to my relatives) by the crematorium or funeral home or somebody "official" that it indeed contained the remains of my mother, by name, Mrs. Terry's Mother. (So I never broke the seal and opened the box and told my relatives not to do that, either.)
I wonder if somehow there is a real bad liability issue or something for the shippers if Cremains get lost or mixed up or whatever.
But part of the reason for this "certification" might have been because final interment was to be in a Catholic cemetery, and the cemetery had to be assured that the cremains were indeed of a person worthy to be buried in Catholic "consecrated ground."
I had to (remotely) dig up Church records from back in NY and get a letter from the local Bishop to prove that to the cemetery before they'd open my father's grave and inter her with him.
It was quite a struggle. Adding it all up, it cumulatively took me the better part of a year to get it all straightened out, including a notarized sworn statement from me as to how come I got her Cremains here in Colorado in the first place.
All this is what prompted my interest in what I could do to make my own disposal a "turnkey" operation for my sons, including the possibility of pre-paid disposal costs.
Terry
