There is another alternative. The other night there was a CBS program with little snippets about life in America. Kinda like Charles Kuralt used to do. Anyway,this fellow died while passing thru this small town and his family didn't have enough money to bury him. They gave a down payment and promised to mail the balance due. The undertaker embalmed him, put him in a coffin & stored him in his garage. The money was not forthcoming-and the lid was taken off the casket. The townspeople were encouraged to come and pay a visit, have the corpse at their lawn partys, have their picture taken with the remains. This went on for 75 yrs. Finally some politican put an end to the fun and had a law passed-a Christian burial was ordered. What do you think? Mickey191