People spend unnecessary money on lavish- funerals for their love ones. “Encouraging
planning while individuals are still healthy would appear to be the key” (Jessie X. Cathleen
D. Zick 52). “Such planning should begin with family discussions about what type of
funeral and what type of burial arrangements each person wants” (Jessie X. Cathleen D.
Zick 52). “Advance planning may reduce this immediate economic burden and its
longer-term financial consequences for the surviving spouse” (Jessie X. Cathleen D. Zick
52). “At typical price of $10, 000 or more for a traditional funeral and burial, making final
arrangements for a deceased relative is one of the biggest expenses families face” (Gibbs,
Lisa Mangla, Ismat Sarah Asher, Zain 3). “It gives you the impression the lower you go,
the cheaper you are- the less thought of your loved ones” (Gibbs, Lisa Mangla, Ismat
Sarah Asher, Zain 7).” A death in the family is not a retail event” (Lynch, Thomas 5). “For
some or all of these reasons, funerals are elaborate and expensive. In addition to expenses
for a coffin, traditional burial blankets, and often a tent for the funeral, immediate family
must pay to entertain mourners”(Case, Anne 5).
Many people should opt-out for limousine services; cut memorial services, and smaller
flower arrangements to lower the cost of funerals. “And yet many homes do offer a slew of
extras: memorial videos and websites, fancy vehicles for the funeral procession, keepsake
jewelry (say a pendant that holds ashes), even a white dove release for the memorial
