DesertFalcon
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Minh,Snakum said:As some of you guys know, my father was diagnosed with liver cancer eight weeks ago, and the cancer has already spread throughout his entire body to his lungs, his bladder, and other major organs. Now his liver has failed completely (yesterday afternoon), so we (my family) won't have him with us much longer and we need to iron out some details pretty quickly, unfortunately .
So now that the end of his life is fast approaching, he and my mother having previously decided they both want to be cremated - which is odd for a Southern Baptist minister - he has hinted about the places he might like to be 'spread'. So, I was wondering if it might be possible to have a very small portion of his ashes spread via airplane, or even via boat, in Alaska?
Any ideas?
On behalf of my father, Reverend Joseph A. H. ... thanks for any info/assistance at all!
Minh Thong
I don't think you will have any problem blessing the State of Alaska with your dad's ashes. I have dropped ashes out of an aircraft, for people, several times. The hardest part of the process is gracefully releasing the ashes into the high winds outside of the A/C window. Use a strong plastic bag and open the bag with the opening pointed backwards relative to the wind. Try to get the bag behind the window so the ashes won't come back into the cockpit.
After you dad passes, remember, he is not gone. He has only changed dimensions; he will still be with you, on occasion just not in the physical sense. I like to think of death as a graduation. It's another lifetime under his belt and another class successfully completed.
God Bless you, your Father, and your family.