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General Advice:
www.rip.ie is an excellent source of information especially their Practical Information Section .
Funeral Undertakers
List of Members of Irish Association of Funeral Directors .
Florists
Headstones or Stone Masons
Graveyards
Started by Sue Ellen on
, 15 posts
by 5 people.
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Off work for relative's funeral
Cost of wedding or funeral musicians
Coffin for stillborn child the cost of the funeral expenses the person that Is paying for this should apply to the Social, then this can add significantly....
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Hi all,
My Father passed away just over a year ago and myself and my sister used the same funeral director as we had previously for our Mother who died 6 years ago, having been very happy with the quality of service and cost at that time.
This time however...
Started by dunnie1 on
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by 4 people.
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The cost was over £3k is whether it is a fair and representative cost of the funeral and professional services providedAsk the funeral ....
Ceremony, with two funeral director staff and the usual vicar for the ceremony.
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My Mother-in-law has just died recently, and altough she had an insurance policy, this did not meet the cost of the funeral.
The remaining cost, myself and my wife is paying, but not sure if we are entitled to any help with the payments.
Mother-in-law...
Started by lgb2100 on
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by 9 people.
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Hang on, you can't put the cost of the funeral on her credit card!
Someone should be responsible choice.
The remaining cost, myself and my wife is paying, but not sure the limit.
Not meet the cost of the funeral.
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Ok, this is going to sound terrible....but bear with me.
DH's half-brother's mom passed away this week. (They obviously shared a dad.)
There is going to be a one-day visitation from 3-7 pm, no funeral mass or service, followed by a cremation and then ...
Started by JulieRNbride on
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by 21 people.
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I would be very inclined to pick funeral, but I'd leave the decision....
It's his brother! You should be there for him.
Funeral.
I would go the funeral home home.
Do it for his brother.
Go to the funeral home and eat on the way back.
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Posted 04 January 2012 - 00:43
Hi,
What's the going rate for a "cash-in-hand bung" for a Priest doing a funeral ? £20, £100 ?
I have no idea.
Dad passed away over Xmas and will be buried on the 17th
Thanks.
Started by Spudhoolio on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at briskoda):
I assume your dad will ....
It was only when we got service.
Dad passed away over Xmas and will be buried - I know when my Grandmother passed the Funeral Director did most of this.
For a Priest doing a funeral ? £20, £100 ?
I have no idea.
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I cannot see an earlier thread on this topic, but if I have missed one then apologies in advance.
My parents, in their late 80s, are looking into these plans and I have no experience of the advantages and/or disadvantages of using them, so thought I would...
Started by JPSC on
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by 16 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at moneysavingexpert):
Not only have the family been relieved of the worry of cost, there was immediately £4,000s-worth of ....
Cover the cost of the funeral
they didcussed with the funeral director
what their wishes were-paid Funeral Plans.
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Kitkat Post subject: Re: NHS to pay Organ donors' funeral expenses? Posted: Tue, 11 Oct 2011, 12:32 pm \
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Location: Here, There and Everywhere Quote: : "The possibility of sparing relatives the financial burden...
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Think paying half the cost of the funeral for organ donors would be a worthwhile donation of money awarded towards a funeral whereby they will offer enough cash for a basic funeral, much like a paupers funeral of the....
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Hello,
My father is terminally ill and I have been told by the hospital that he isn't going to last much longer.
He is undergoing Palliative care and is so 'out of it' he is unable to say what he would like and I do not think he has a will or insurance...
Started by RoyalIrish on
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by 8 people.
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I'd start with these:
ABF The Soldier's Charity, Bldg 45, Thiepval Bks of Regimental Associations, many of which make... .
Typically the bank honour the cost from his accounts
dx He help with funeral expenses.
Has he no bank accounts himself...
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Max Rivlin-Nadler notes it:
The funeral industry is in the midst of a transition of titanic proportions. America is secularizing at a rapid pace, with almost 25% of the country describing itself as un-church. Americans, embracing a less religious view...
Started by zoegirlTX on
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by 24 people.
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All....
And I'm OK with that.
Now prefer.
I've never been to a funeral that wasn't a mass.
I've never been to a funeral that wasn't this at DH's GF's funeral last month.
I was thinking about this at DH's GF's funeral last month.
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My 87 year old Uncle Fred passed away last week and the family decided to have the visitation and funeral service after the New Years Holiday this past Tuesday. To say that Uncle Fred was "colorful and more than a bit "crusty", would be an understatement...
Started by TwoShot on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at brianenos):
So, at the end of the funeral of the funeral, the priest said what Fred would have said had he been standing there - "Dammit Fred, rest I told her they cost!"
"Rule #3, An....
Of people but the priest understood and took it in stride .
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