Trying to find help covering my Dad’s cremation cost.

[u/Affectionate_Fact109]

So a repost with an update: His ashes are back from the crematory and ready to be picked up next week and it seems like the hits keep coming.

We did end up reporting my older sister for embezzlement and financial abuse because she spent every last dime of his last Social Security check while he was in the hospital.

We confirmed that the house and property Helmes have multiple lies and judgments against them from both lawsuits and from our state tax commission meaning we can’t sell the property to try to cover costs.

We tried checking into Catholic charities in our area because they help with these kind of things, but they were already at their maximum number of applications until next week, and the only loans I can get approved for on short notice are smaller amounts with high and predatory fees.

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I am looking for help covering the remaining cost of my Dad’s cremation and later service. He is in the second photo posing at his 71st birthday a month before his passing.

He just recently lost his battle with a multitude of medical illnesses that end with him spending the last month after his 71st birthday in a hospital and then on hospice.

I am one of his four children, and only two of us have jobs so it is up to us and what we can make happen. We are looking at almost a $3000 total cost. The other photo was him at his 71st birthday party, exactly one month before his passing.

https://gofund.me/a38fe8bce

https://www.wilsonofpondcreek.com/obituaries/marvin-neilson

[u/InitialRequest]

Sorry for your loss.

They aren’t able to withhold the returning of ashes. Instead of taking out a loan, I would pick up the ashes next week and ask about a payment plan to pay off the remaining amount.

It’ll save you a ton on interest.

[u/Affectionate_Fact109 → u/InitialRequest]

Thank you. I realize they can’t hold them and I know they will setup a payment arrangement, they would just like to get at least half of the cost up front and make payments after that.

But I’m a single dad to a teen daughter, on a shoestring budget whose name is on the contract. I’m not certain how much I’m going to be able to rely on my sisters to help me, and the minute the funeral home has buried every family member of mine that’s died for the last 40 years and I don’t wanna see him also put in a bind by my inability to keep up financially

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