Retired civil servant Ger Frits organizes personalized funerals for those who die alone in Amsterdam, including a chapel, flowers, music, and a poem by respected Dutch poet Frank Starik.
Frits carefully chooses a theme and escorts each person to their final resting place, while Starik believes funerals are a person’s time of reckoning. In contrast, typical US funerals can cost $8,000 or more.
Many people die alone and unnoticed, with no mourners, no one on hand to say a few kind words, no elegant church service or brilliant obituary.
But in Amsterdam (Netherlands), thanks to retired civil servant Ger Frits, someone will take the time to organize a chapel, some flowers, music and a personalized poem written and delivered by respected Dutch poet Frank Starik.
Here are a few more words about the dearly departed:
- Poet Frank Starik explained that a funeral is a person’s time of reckoning. “It’s your time at Heaven’s Gate,” he said. “Someone has to put in a good word for you.”
- Frits visits the deceased’s home, if he has a home, and carefully chooses the music for the funeral. He places flowers on the coffin and escorts each person to his final resting place.
- A “typical” funeral can cost $8,000 (USD) or more in the United States. Some families spend tens of thousands of dollars.
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