Cyber Funerals
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So I'm taking my one son to school this morning and the topic on my radio station is cyber funerals. I guess its starting to pick up around the country. If you have a loved one who passes away you can attend a cyber funeral of the person. I guess if you have a loved one who passes on some funeral homes are offering online broadcast of the services for a extra fee. If the funeral starts at 10am then you simply log in at 10am and attend via the net.
Is this going to far? Do you think this is just plain creepy or do you think this offers loved ones afar a chance to attend even if its in cyberland? If you had a loved one who died would attend or if you were in charge of scheduling the funeral and the funeral home offered this would you hold a cyber funeral? Are there places that technology shouldn't go?
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it's a bit creepy, yeah? i dunno...i get what the point of it is but i don't think i'd want to attend a cyber funeral. no...it'd be a little to surreal for me and i'd have a harder time accepting that person was gone.
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I think its an option when you're unable to attend. I don't think its creepy at all, it wouldn't be my first choice but it's something that I would consider doing.
When we lost my nephew last year his service was in Ohio. We are in California. Plane tickets for 6 of us was far too much money to attend. We did ave a memorial here for California relatives but, it was just a get together memorial not his actual burial services. I would have liked to have seen his services first hand rather than through a video they created for those who couldn't make it. For reasons other than out of state services I would say no. If you can go in person than be there to support family and to show tribute and respect for the one being laid to rest. If you cannot be there, what a great idea to allow homebound, sick or otherwise wanting family and friends to be a part of the mourning process.
I'm kind of torn here. I missed some distant relatives funerals because of school, and it would have been great to have been there. I'm just not sure how my emotions would have manifested if i was watching the service online. I think I would try it once, but if it just didn't feel right, I wouldn't try another.
i think there are some scenarios that i could see this as wonderfully helpful...one being family members/friends that are overseas and unable to go home to attend the service (if they're in armed forces), or if a family member/friend is immobile/not physically able to travel to the funeral.
i don't think they should charge for this service though.
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I dunno in my opinion I don't think I could do a cyber funeral. It just seems so impersonal. Plus what do you do cyber hug the family? I also don't think I would want to see a loved one broadcasted across the net or put out there on cyberspace while in their coffin. I know one thing that they do in our area local is that when a person passes on the family can do a journal type website called Legacy.com and I have signed a few of those. Basically were you can write a note for the family. Then there is also deathspace.com which is a myspace type of site but for those who have passed on. I have even seen some myspaces that were done up as a tribute of ones life. I have a cousin (Amanda) who was killed by a drunk driver at the age of 21 with her best friend and her friends did a memorial myspace for the girls. Those types of sites I dont have a problem with but the whole cyber funeral just kinda creeps me out. I guess it just all depends on the family and what they want and need in their time of grieving.