Prayer Request and Question

 I am requesting prayer for my cousin who just lost her husband. They were seperated but we all still considered Matt ( her husband) a member of the family. Matt had moved back to Indiana where he's from and had the two children that he and my cousin had together with him. Last Wednesday while having a birthday party for his daughter Matt fell out of the chair where they were all gathered about to have cake and he was never revived. At first they thought he had a heart attack because it happened so quickly but an autopsy found that he died from Pneumonia.Matt was only 34, He leaves behind his daughter Madison who just turned 7 and his son Brandon who is 10. Please pray for the kids and the entire family.

 This brings me to my question. My cousin is responsible for paying for all the funeral cost for Matt because they were still legally married. She had three kids of her own before marrying Matt and then had two more with him so she is now left with 5 kids and the expense of paying for funeral cost. I am needing any information you may have about an orginization I could contact or experience you may have on doing a fundraiser to help my cousin with funeral expenses. You can PM me with any information you may have. It is much appreciated.

My heart goes out to your cousin and children.  I'm so sorry the children had to see that.  Poor Madison loosing her father on her birthday!

When Jim died I had him cremated.  He's what we both wanted.  It is about half the cost of a regular burial, but still very expensive.  I wish I knew a group that could help but I don't.  She might try just having him cremated and then later having a memorial service for him somewhere outside.  That's about as cheap as I think she can get.

B

Thank you Baboo.

They have decided to cremate him and the funeral director has cut off a lot of the cost because of the cir****tances but she is still left with about a 4,000 expense. We are all trying to do what we can as her family  to help with that. I was hoping to come up with an idea  or get information on how to do a fundraiser to help as well. I am so sorry for your loss and I thank you for your prayers and the information.

I didn't look ahead and see that a funeral home is already involved.   I should have done.   Perhaps they could omit some of the usual things that they do with a burial, some of the procedures.   I had a friend who was a funeral director and I know that in the late 90s that wasn't at all illegal if cremation is within a certain timeframe.   $4,000 sounds very expensive.   With cremation, they don't really need a coffin, either.

I'm sorry if this sounds so cold and uncaring about your later brother in law.   I just think that any money that can go to the children's upbringing and care instead of a funeral home is a good idea to explore.

Dennie