Fiona had no funeral. Instead she donated her body to train a new generation of doctors.
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Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, soil to soil
It’s time to rewrite the Book of Common Prayer.
Dust to Dust
Most of us will be cremated when we die, so the business of reducing a body to ash has become an industrial one.
Earth to Earth
If you want to return to the elements, natural burial is the way to go.
Ashes to Ashes
Cremation only became legal thanks to an 84-year-old man who was nearly lynched for trying to burn the body of his infant son.
Soil to Soil
It took thousands of years before we replaced ‘earth to earth’ with ‘ashes to ashes’. Now it’s time for ‘soil to soil’.
Willie The Wizard
I don’t know what Willie believed about life after death, but he did make his funeral wishes clear. “Landfill, NO bonfire!!”