Reply #41: You can't stop memorial services. Even when you're dead. [View All]

[mwooldri]

Even if there's no funeral, people who cared deeply about someones' passing will get together and hold an impromptu memorial service. Even if it is around the pub for drinks. Even celebrities and public figures that pass away that insist on family only ceremonies find that public memorial ceremonies are held too - with or without the consent of the departed's family.

I suppose one could use the heartstring approach - "if you really cared for those around you, you'd do something to make your passing away easier for them to cope with". In essence, that's all a funeral is. It's a mechanism designed to help deal with the loss of a loved one.

I hope your husband relents somewhat - and gets to plan his passing on.

Mark.