Comments on: A Penny Saved Is a Penny Urned http://genebromberg.com/2009/11/12/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-urned/ Gene Bromberg is Pittsburgh's most decorated poker blogger — which, he admits, is like being the best shortstop in Greenland. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:41:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Darcy http://genebromberg.com/2009/11/12/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-urned/comment-page-1/#comment-3924 Darcy Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:57:05 +0000 http://genebromberg.com/?p=1262#comment-3924 My mom prepaid for her cremation. She also prepaid for the food at her wake, and the dumbass caterer kept bugging her for a date until she finally turned to him (he also ran the restaurant at her golf club, and we were there for lunch), looked him right in the eyes and said, "I don't know, some time after I die." She also pre-selected with my dad the music for her memorial service, and my dad even read her the eulogy he planned to read, which I think is actually kind of nice since she wouldn't be there to hear it. She took a stab at writing her own obit, but we redid it. I *still* laugh when I remember my uncle saying, "She sure did a shitass job on that [obituary]!" My mom prepaid for her cremation. She also prepaid for the food at her wake, and the dumbass caterer kept bugging her for a date until she finally turned to him (he also ran the restaurant at her golf club, and we were there for lunch), looked him right in the eyes and said, “I don’t know, some time after I die.” She also pre-selected with my dad the music for her memorial service, and my dad even read her the eulogy he planned to read, which I think is actually kind of nice since she wouldn’t be there to hear it. She took a stab at writing her own obit, but we redid it. I *still* laugh when I remember my uncle saying, “She sure did a shitass job on that [obituary]!”

]]> By: BWoP http://genebromberg.com/2009/11/12/a-penny-saved-is-a-penny-urned/comment-page-1/#comment-3923 BWoP Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:10:07 +0000 http://genebromberg.com/?p=1262#comment-3923 My parents purchased their cemetary plots many years ago. They took me to visit the plots once, and their headstones were already there. Strange, indeed, but comforting in a way. It's one less thing the family needs to think about during the grieving period. My parents purchased their cemetary plots many years ago. They took me to visit the plots once, and their headstones were already there.

Strange, indeed, but comforting in a way. It’s one less thing the family needs to think about during the grieving period.

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