> Is it more or less acceptable in these times when someone dies in your family to say “arrangements TBD” then just avoid a funeral service?

 wrote:I told my kin that money is for the living.  If they want a funeral... of sorts - take me out to the desert with a case of dynamite and a case of booze and blow me up after the booze was consumed.

Tannerite is cheaper and far more available.  I'll set you up.