Reply #12: My aunt was a tissue donor [View All]

[silverojo]

She got a posthumous certificate of thanks from the U.S. Surgeon General.

In return for the gift of tissue donation, it's common for the deceased and their family to be "paid" with cremation at no charge.

Cremation is more environmentally sound than burial, and my aunt wanted to be cremated even before she heard about the tissue donor program. So it was exactly what she wanted.

She was always the most giving, generous person...and to think she has even been generous in death makes me all the more fond of her.

Rest in peace, Betty.