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Originally Posted by smithgr
Here in Ohio, even if you choose to be cremated, you still have to buy the casket. Then they either burn the casket with you or they clean it up and sell it to the next family. Not really sure. What I am sure of is that the law is directly a result of funeral directors losing revenue from people deciding to be cremated instead of being buried.
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According to Federal law, the coffin must be burned with the body.
It is illegal to resell a coffin.
Biohazard contaminants, and ... other material ... may have been deposited in the coffin, making it unsafe.
There are people who don't concern themselves with following the law, however...
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We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark.
I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them,
I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period.
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years