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Saying goodbye to Greyson - help with funeral expenses
Greyson passed away on 24 August; we're raising $5,000 for a respectful funeral in London.
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Greyson, my brother, passed away on 24 August after complications from pneumonia. He was 35 years old. He was the heart of our family and had no savings or life insurance.
The funeral home has given us a quote of $5,000 and the cemetery needs payment before the burial date of 1 September.
I have already used what I had for the hospital bills. My family is scattered, and many of us are out of work. We want Greyson to have a dignified farewell.
Any help at all means a lot, and so do your prayers.
Anything left over after the funeral will be donated to a neighborhood youth program.
Where the $5,000 goes:
• Funeral home services and casket: $3,200
• Cemetery plot and burial fees: $1,400
• Transport of the deceased: $240
• Memorial gathering for the family: $160
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Eleanor
Update from London: the plan for funeral home services and casket is now scheduled. We're at 57% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Quick update: $1,661 raised so far (33%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Femi Ikenna Idowu 🇳🇬 · $50
- Lucas J. Schultz 🇬🇧 · $25
- Halima Peace Lawal 🇳🇬 · $5
- Leonid Vasyl Kozlov 🇷🇺 · $10
- Dominique Dupont 🇲🇦 · $15
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $75
- Benoît Nicolas Richard 🇫🇷 · $25
- Lovely A. Bautista 🇵🇭 · $100
- Nithya H. Sivakumar 🇮🇳 · $3.50
- Rebecca Portia Baah 🇬🇭 · $50
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
- Ali Faisal Sheikh 🇵🇰 · $25
- Russell P. Fitzgerald 🇨🇦 · $20
- Hương Linh Trinh 🇻🇳 · $10
“Hope things get better. Thought of Eleanor all day after reading this. - Cần Thơ”
- Gianna Henry 🇺🇸 · $75
- Giovana Beatriz Barbosa 🇧🇷 · $100
- Lavanya N. Mudaliar 🇮🇳 · $10
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $10
- Ella C. Estrada 🇦🇺 · $20
- Sylvie Roux 🇨🇦 · $30
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I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from San Francisco.
Sending strength, Eleanor. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of London.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Eleanor!
Sure. The biggest one is funeral home services and casket, $3,200. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. I'll keep the page updated.
Sending love. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of London
Good luck. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of London.
Praying for you, Eleanor. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Thanks for sharing this. Shared this with my family. Wish I lived closer to Shinjuku so I could bring a meal. All the best.
Thanks for sharing this, Eleanor. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 14 people at work.