r/Assistance • u/Realistic_Law5085 REGISTERED • 6d ago

REQUEST Funeral costs

Hi all! So, my mom died last week and now the funeral home is calling which is the last thing I want to deal with at the moment due to... obvious circumstances. But I don't have much of a choice. The holidays are the worst time for funerals, and I hate even making posts.

My job (school lunch lady) doesn't pay me for the two weeks off I get from winter break, so that's a check gone.

Anyways, I don't have enough money, nobody in my family is willing to help pay for it bc they didn't really like my mom.

The cremation is 1700, I have 700 of it. And obviously I don't expect to get all of that from a reddit post but ANY help is appreciated.

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u/witchcraftbeer REGISTERED 6d ago

First of all I am so sorry for your loss. My mom died in 2015 with no insurance at hospice and the coroner's office in Savannah that I had to talk to 10 minutes afterward was brutal. But they did refer me to a crematorium after I fell the hell apart on the phone. The crematorium was so nice and was able to offer me a rate off 1000 and broke it into 4 parts for me and delivered my mom's ashes afterward. I hope this helps!

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u/Realistic_Law5085 REGISTERED 6d ago

This is in Alabama, and I'm not there to jump through hoops to do that. I feel awful! She died alone, but I don't know how to do any of that. I called the funeral home, but they can't do anything because I'm not there in person.

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u/Blondiebun2001 6d ago

She may be able to be transferred to a different funeral home at this point if you didn’t get anything done yet. State should cover basic cremation

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u/Realistic_Law5085 REGISTERED 6d ago

They covered some! But not the entire thing, which is why I'm here! It was originally closer to 2000? I think. My next step is gofundme