The Memorial Stone
August 28th, 2006 by Jackie
Okay, so occasionally I come across these seemingly unbelievable stories that, although somewhat tasteless, I just have to share. This is one of those stories.
I’m sorry to say that I spent last Thursday at my Great Uncle Jim’s funeral. Though he was a bit of a penny pincher, Uncle Jim was a wonderful, loving man and he was very much loved by my Great Aunt Violet who was in attendance last week. Well, Auntie Violet is not a young woman. In fact, she’s pushing 95 years old. She’s lived a hard life and never had much of anything to speak of.
That said, after the funeral I heard Auntie Violet speaking with her friend Mimi about the money Uncle Jim had left her. Apparently Auntie Violet was left with $30,000.00. When Mimi asked how much the funeral cost and how much Auntie Violet had left for herself, Auntie Violet told her that she had nothing left, that the funeral cost the whole $30,000.00! Mimi was aghast.
“All of it!” She exclaimed “$30,000.00!?”
Auntie Violet nodded matter of factly.
“Well,” Mimi went on “how much did everything cost?”
Auntie Violet began, “the services were $1000 and the plot and everything was $2500 and then there was the memorial stone.”
As I was standing there, doing the math in my head, I could tell Mimi was doing the same.
Mimi asked, “The memorial stone was over $25,000? How big was it?”
Auntie Violet looked quietly over at Mimi before beaming, “Two and a half carats.”
Well girls, you can imagine how difficult it was for me to keep from laughing. All I have to say is You Go Girl!
Good old Auntie Violet, Uncle Jim would be so proud.
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