These Folks Need $ Help to Bury Their Child

perhaps you've heard on the grapevine about the early departure of this little rainbow boy. his family and friends are trying to raise money for his burial and are under some tight time contraints to do so. i'm reposting this from another message board in the hopes it'll help. take a look at their lovely website, maybe say a little prayer and if you could donate it would be a very fine thing to do.


http://www.angelsforgabriel.org/

We are still pushing hard trying to raise the funds for Gabriel's
funeral family. This is really tough. The funeral is set to take place
on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 4:20 pm. At this time the casket will be
sealed with any items family and friends want to put in with Gabriel.

Girdner Funeral Chapel
202 South Oregon Street
Yreka, California 96067
(530) 842-3434


So far we only have $320.00 and we need $1587.87 total just for the
coffin which does not include the burial or cemetery plot. Please help
if you can and every dollar adds up. This is urgent! The coffin needs
to paid in full by 5pm Pacific Time so the funeral can take place.


If you want to help, visit http://www.angelsforgabriel.org to find out
the ways to donate or send by paypal to this email
angelsforgabr...@gmail.com.


From Yreka, he will be taken to Arcata on Highway 101 in California,
where he will be buried at the Greenwood Cemetery. Details on that
part of the burial process will be clear tomorrow after Woodstock
talks to the funeral parlor and the folks at the cemetery. We don't
know if there will be a ceremony before he is laid to rest at the
cemetery. So if you want to say good bye to Gabriel or give him
something to take with him, come to the funeral in Yreka on Wed. It
will be an open casket with a viewing.


There will be details about Arcata probably tomorrow evening.
Woodstock discussed the possibility with me of having a small
gathering of friends and family at the cemetery for a prayer service,
even if he is already buried. That is the uncertain part. From there,
we have talked about having a wake at Woodstock's home, but details
will be posted as plans are finalized. Just to clear things up...come
to Yreka to say your farewells to Gabriel.


Please family, help us do this. It's been a week now. Little Gabriel
is in cold storage and funeral parlor in Yreka is not charging extra
to hold him, but the coffin has to be paid. Please send emails of
gratitude to the Girdner Funeral Chapel for their compassion and
kindness or mail a card to them.


There are updates on the blog at http://www.angelsforgabriel.org so
check daily or several times a day for news.


There is a bank account set up for the Angels for Gabriel Memorial
Foundation to help other children who need help with their funeral and
burials. For now though, all funds raised are for Gabriel and his
needs.


Thank you family for your love and condolences and blessings to all
who helped so far. Please help make this happen so that Woodstock and
little Raven can have peace that Gabriel is laid to rest.


Summer Breeze and all the angels for Gabriel.



http://www.angelsforgabriel.org/

 

much cheaper to cremate the body..

just sayin..

 

True, but some people aren't comfortble with that. That would definetly be a good option though. Then they could spread his ashes and get a stone for him or choose to keep them, I wish I had any money at all to help, but It's a very sad story and my sympathy goes out to them.

 

Everyone has their own beliefs on how to lay a loved one to rest. To even suggest the 'cheaper option' to parents who have lost their child and all the hopes & dreams they had for that child is extreemly rude, even for you HHB. I've lost a child, I know the pain.

Here is an update: Angels for Gabriel have raised enough money to pay for the casket but money is still needed for the burial plot & cemetary fees. If you can help, please do.

 

hey i wasnt tryin to be rude,i simply made a statement,it is a hella lot cheaper.i fail to see where its rude or thoughtless.

if your offended,oh fucking well aint a lot i can do about that...

 

It's not just offending me...it's the fact that young Gabriel's parents may very well check on all the postings made in Gabriel's name at some point in the future and may well have their hearts' ripped open again seeing that someone was insensitive enough to question their choice of burial.

Think about it...the people at the funeral home always offer all the choices of laying someone to rest and loved ones are expected to deal with this process while they are fresh into the grieving process. Say it was your child & you & Dill had made the choice to have a burial on your land; would you want someone to question your choice?

Still, I do understand that you are who you are HHB, and sensitivity is not in your usual realm of posting. Loving you anyway.

 

I will do what i can in the near future,please accept my thoughts,prayer and sincere condolences to all that miss this little boy.As a dad and grandfather many times over I cannot nearly imagine the sorrow that these parents feel losing their child.I only wish the words i am capable of could describe how i feel about my kids and my kids kids...

 

i didnt question their choice,i merely pointed out the fact it was much cheaper.

geeze whatever..

dont make this thread about me ,i would think the kid deserves better than that..

 

OK and yes...let's move on...

Knowing Woodstock and Rainbow Crystal Kitchen it grieves me deeply to think of their suffering.
As Da Rat wrote:

My thought exactly.

Zen

 

Can any one provide me the list of California state funeral homes with their services?

 

....google....

 

hippies dont use google,they get others to do the work for them..

 

i actually did google and the first hit is the same persons request for the same info on another site..it could be that grief is causing this person to make these posts...i say good luck and pm me if i can help

 

Oh...ferchristsake!!!!

www.cfb.ca.gov

www.funeralhomes.com

www.lafuneral.com

www.us-funerals.com/funeral-homes-by-state/california-funeral-directors07.html

That took less than a minute...

Zen

 

see,works every time..

 

Fuck Off!!!!! LOL....and I thought my parenting days were over.

Zen

 

in hippieland , its never over ...

dilli

 

Please let me know, what the average cost for funeral in US?

 

billy was right

sophieandwilliam maybe you should start your own thread and let some people help you through a hard time...this thread seems like we should not go so far off the original thought...i am speakin only for me

 

if i lost a child id lose my my mind, dont think thy need to repost, just wish that anhyone had anything to help, have they tried calling churches,, i hate to say it as much as im not affiliated with any church, but they will help. I once had a 800 dollar two way bus pass paid for by a christian church out here called victory by billy graham,,, and another paid for by oral roberts university,,,, the owner of roberts university is sam kinnisons dad ,,, you know the comedian that used to SCREAM abiut his wife,,,, AHHHHHHHHHHHH..look it up hilarious