Lavish Funeral: Do We Need to Have One Too?

Dear Judy,
Last year, my husband’s father died. His side of the family spent $24,000 on the funeral (casket, lined vault, large engraved headstone, violins, limos, the works).
My mother just died yesterday: I am not overwhelmed for a lot of reasons. We didn’t get along and she was expected to die for quite some time, among [...]