Die as cheaply as possible

13 Things the Funeral Director Won’t Tell You “ 1. Go ahead and plan your funeral, but think twice before paying in advance. You risk losing everything if the funeral home goes out of business. Instead, keep your money in a pay-on-death account at your bank. [...] ”

This might be number 14 — Ahem Just another necrophelia movie “ 3. You can buy caskets that are just as nice as the ones in my showroom for thousands of dollars less online from Walmart, Costco, or straight from a manufacturer. 4. On a budget or concerned about the environment? Consider a rental casket. The body stays inside the casket in a thick cardboard container, which is then removed for burial or cremation. 5. Running a funeral home without a refrigerated holding room is like running a restaurant without a walk-in cooler. But many funeral homes don’t offer one because they want you to pay for the more costly option: embalming. Most bodies can be presented very nicely without it if you have the viewing within a few days of death. [Full Reader's Digest Article] ” Remind me to tell you how Jack Northrop's Flying Wing sent me looking for Reader's Digest.