Bury me with my cell phone

In a word, it's stupid. I used to work for the phone company and the last thing I would take to the grave with me is a damn phone. Being retired I have a pay as you go phone. I don't text, I don't plan on learning how and any text messages I get, I delete. I hate the damn things!!!! I see folks with the idiots bluetooth things stuck on their ears, and think "fools". Sure I like being connect, but on my terms. No way do I want to be bothered with that crap while I am alive, and less after I pass on!!!

If it is what my loved one wanted I don't care.  They could be asked to be buried with the ashes of all their beloved animals and as long as their requests were not illegel then I would just do it.  I would honor their last wishes no matter how silly or inane it sounds.

But it does bring a thought to my mind, if they are dead would they really know if you honored they wishes or not?  If they wouldn't then who cares what you do.

To each his own I say. Me personaly, I hate cell phones although they are a convinence. I worry that I might not be dead when I am buried so maybe a cell phone to make an emergency call if I wake....*L*. Of course they way they prepare you at the funeral home, if you aren't dead...you will be they are finished. So I guess..no worries.

I suppose it is just being buried w/something you loved throughout the lifetime.  I'd prefer NOT for myself BUT, anyone who requested it would be ok w/me.

My son passed away 6 months ago and we buried his cell phone with him.  Each person put something in the casket that brought a memory to them of the short time we had with my son. My daughter put his cell phone in becasue he always called her first.  It brought her comfort and that is really what it's about.  How do you remember the deceased?  What comforts you during this time.  So no, I don't think it's strange to bury a loved one with their cell phone.

Good Gawd, NO!  What is wrong with these people!?!  They say that graveyards already have a swimming pool's worth of embalming fluid, can you imagine what kind of environmental impact all those stupid cell phones will have.  To all those dead people who will take their cell phones with them, I say: Get a Life!

totally stooopid...geez, let's bury Dad with that cell phone attached to his ear to remind us of all the time he COULD have spent with us instead of spending it on that "dad"blasted phone!

I would definitely do it, if it was a young person. My son's best friend died last year, at age 21(horribly young), and it was one of the first things in the casket with him. That phone was part of him. I think it was special to the guys to see the phone still with him.

However...as a side note.....I had his friends number programmed into my cell phone, with his name (Jose). About a week after the funeral, my phone rang one night and I looked at the display and it said "Jose-Jordan's friend"....well!! I just about fainted dead away! I was kind of freaking out, then I answered it, and it turns out it was his step-father, who had taken over the number after Jose's funeral. Wow,was that freaky!!

No, no, no.  Reminds me too much of The Twilight Zone episode "Long Distance Call", where Grandma in the grave talks to grandson (Billy Mumy) via his toy telephone.  Knowing some of my friends, one of them would request the number just so they could call people later and freak them out.

I could see a phone with a lot of "history" attached to it.  (Pics, songs, etc stored in memory).  That might be a comforting thought to both those passing and those left behind. It might not do them much good if you don't send the charger along, though.  That would suck to get to Heaven and go, "Darn, I can't charge the thing!"  :)

I can understand someone burying their loved one with a cell phone. Someone in life may have always been using their phone, always had their phone on them, or maybe they were a businessperson. The cell phone would then be symbolic of who that person was in life; part of their identity. You bury your departed loved ones with objects and things that identify who they were and what they were like in life.

Some people are buried with their wedding bands, some with pictures of themselves in life, notes from those who loved them, gifts that were given to them, flowers, etc...

I don't find burying someone with their cell phone any more strange or disturbing than burying them with any other object or thing.

Jackie, 21, PA

More of our self-absorbed thinking: Let's not care how much we continue to pollute the earth as long as we can take our toys with us.  I can see the trend continuing with people being buried with their laptops, etc. When people die, they are dead for heaven's sake. You can take it with you, but you won't care that it's there.

I would say yes. I've lost several, healthy, prime of their lives friends to accidents and to this day I can't bring myself to delete their numbers from my address book. I know that if my loved one was okay with it, I would do it. As the article stated, it seem to help others connect and come to terms that they've gone. Even if the voice mail does get erased eventually, its something I've grown accustomed to in this day and age, and to reach out one last time and say good bye makes sense to me.

You know, it may seem weird, but I get it. Imagine wanting to talk, and sending a text or a voicemail to that person in the grave.  Of course, they can't get it, but if it gave you some comfort or solace, who cares!  For all you people worried about pollution, I wonder how many of you recycle, live in solar-powered homes, or drive Hummers.  Please don't throw stones over s small thing like this when I am so sure their is hypocrisy in your lives.  My goodness, when something brings comfort to someone in death, let them grieve.

I'm sorry but I do agree with the person that said get a life.  When we die we leave our earthbound body and recieve a glorious one.  I cell phone is the last thing we need.  If we are going to start putting things in with us, why don't we do like the Egypions did and bury boats, gold, food, and anything else we may need in the after life.

It kinda makes me wonder---does Hell have WiFi?

As for me, I would think that this is just a morbid modification of the famous Charlton Heston quote "You can have my Blackberry when you pry it from my cold dead fingers."

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My daughter died Feb. 4th, 2007.  She was 17 years old.  She loved her phone and she was holding it in her hands in her coffin.  I am the one that put it there.  She would have wanted it that way.  I know in reality she isn't taking it with her but if it is comforting here on earth to those she left behind, then that is fine.  We also packed her Prom dress and a whole lot of other things that were near and dear to her heart.  There is nothing wrong with the small things that help us get through our moment of grief.  I am a very strong Christian and I know where my daughter is and that I will see her again one day.  That doesn't mean things don't still hurt my fragile human heart while I am on this earth.  I know my father God would approve of me doing the little things to help me get through these times.  So please, let everyone do what ever it is they find necessary to get through such a difficult time in their lives.

I'm trying to be rational to a concept that, to me, is irrational. I'm sitting here trying to wrap my mind around this idea of taking ones cell phone to the grave, and it makes no sense at all. For one thing if someone is in the throes of death the only thing on the mind is relief from the pain, not any worldly good. Another thing is that once the last breath is taken in this life every desire that ever existed leaves with that breath.

I hate cell phones and refuse to own one.

As for the story, consider how much "personal contact" a lot of people these days get though a phone, and how little contact they get in a meaningful face-to-face fashion. 

Maybe this is the only way a lot of people can get closure anymore, or have it hit home on an emotional level that this person is really and truly dead.  Seeing the corpse doesn't help, nor does attending the funeral... but if you call his phone for a week, and he never answers, he's probably gone.  :P

I for one am looking forward to the peace and quiet of death.  While I don't have a death wish, the long, silence of eternity seems a nice getaway from the current state of affairs.  Having a cell phone in there would just make it likely that someone would call me ... isn't death a justifiable reason to leave me the hell alone?

I think it's alright only if it is placed in the casket as a remembrance of that person.  The last article I just read said that a lady buried her husband's cell phone with him (with a full charged battery) and even though he is dead she continues to pay the bill so that she can call and leave him messages.  Now I think that is really strange!

My daughter was 18 and had her cell phone with her when she was struck by a car and died two days later. That was her last form of communication. If I had the foresight to bury the phone with her I might have, the thought never crossed my mind. I've kept it these last 5 years to hear her say "mom" on her voice dialing when I need to. But I believe burying a cell phone with a loved one is no different than burying any other items such as a favorite doll, jewelry, etc. It's an extension of them no matter what it is and we do it for comfort reasons, for them and for us. But until you've been there, you won't be able to understand it.  

I would! I think it is very touching! To be able to send your loved one a text on special days! Wish I had thought of it when my mom passed in April!

Hi everybody, it sounds stupid to ask or to be burried with a 'charged' cell phone. But if it is a personal wish why not. It has been happening from time immemorial. Most of the artefacts found in old graves or burials are usually filled with contemporary items eg pottery. This will help to embilish our future archeological museums!

My mother passed 4 years ago and had a cell phone that she used all the time. I don't think being buried with a cell phone is strange, but makes since. It would be more for the comfort of the deceased persons loved ones, instead of the one deceased. With people living long distances from their loved one, it would be a way of visiting their grave without having to travel. =-)