Apparently many baseballs fans want to stay close to their favorite sport, even after they are gone to the great beyond. This New York Times article considers the motivations and methods behind people having their ashes scattered at one of the city's ball parks, not to mention the ambivalence when a stadium is demolished.
"No one can say how many people’s ashes were sneaked in, often in film canisters or plastic baggies, and scattered at the two ballparks [Memorial Park and Shea Stadium]. Some relatives had access the teams say they do not allow. Ms. Hasson said her father had known someone on the grounds crew who let her in before a game, let her husband run the bases and let two of her father’s friends sit in the Mets’ dugout. . . . [Then,] 'the guys who worked on the grounds crew raked the ashes into the mound so it wasn’t obvious.'”
Just a few months ago, the state of Wisconsin began offering a form (known as "authorization for final disposition"), which allows a person to designate someone (as a "representative") to make decisions regarding the disposition of the person's body after death. Typically, the range of decisions encompass arrangements for funeral services, cremation, burial, etc. By designating someone, a person can avoid potential disputes among loved ones. The representative named has first priority in making such arrangements. (The statute also names the priority of family members who can make decisions, even if the form is not used.)
Also, the state form allows the person to give directions for any of the arrangement. According to the statute, the representative is required to follow the directions of the deceased, "unless the directions, instructions, and suggestions exceed available resources from the decedent’s estate or are unlawful or unless there is no realistic possibility of compliance."
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