finally! but so far away!

[simplyn2deep]

I got a call from the mortuary. They got a date from Riverside National Cemetery. The next available date for services is December 1 at 1:45 pm.

HOLY COW! That's in 12 days away and 20 days after his death!

I get it's first come, first serve kind of thing, but it just seems like too much time. Make me want to find out how many services a day they do that's given us a date that's so far away.

But I'm also assuming that since things have gone forward, that the mortuary got their money from the life insurance my mom had through her job and that by the end of this month we should be getting the remaining money. I also need to go to the Social Security office with my mom to sort out the survivors benefits stuff my mom should be getting from my dad's social security, but we can't do that until we get the death certificate.



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[lunachickk.livejournal.com]

That seems really strange to me...

I'm sorry your family has to go through all of that when you are grieving. I just can't imagine. *HUGS*

[landrews.livejournal.com]

Wow. I had no idea it could be that difficult.

[dontelltheelf.livejournal.com]

I'm glad they finally gave you a date, but wow. That does seem incredibly long of a wait to get official word. How long will it take to get the official death certificate?

My dad and I are going to try and come out for the burial. My dad wanted to know what branch of service he was in. He was a Marine, right? He also said he's going to let a couple of his friends out in the Riverside VVA chapter know about the burial, since they're a part of the cemetery's support group.

[lostandalone22.livejournal.com]

It taking this long seems weird to me. You'd think they'd want to bury him as soon as possible. I'm sorry you've had to wait this long.