As I had indicated previously, this is a family friend, specifically a friend of my fathers for a long time. The situation is just flat out tragic for him but also for a lot of other people who are low income, don't have a strong support network or who may have fallen through the cracks of life.
Everybody deserves to have a proper burial, what little money they had being able to be accessed to some level of beneficiary or something.
I totally understand proper estate planning and having a will etc. I have a finance and banking background. What is shocking to me is how often this scenario must be playing out daily. How many homeless people, overdoses, low income and isolated people are not looked after.
Just dealing with people's sh** box cars must be a mess across Alberta. A lot of headaches for a lot of $200 cars that just pile up for no reason.
I would assume in 2023 we may have a slightly more easy process for basic things.
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