LINCOLN PARK, Mich. — Dave Ramsey Jr. walked into the funeral home with $60 in cash, hoping to settle one more of his father’s outstanding debts. He followed an employee into a private bereavement room, where she took his final payment and said she’d look in the storage room for his father’s remains.
“It was just a basic cremation, right?” she asked.
“Yeah,” he said. “The cheapest one.”
“And did you order any kind of urn, or a memory book, or —?”
“No. Sorry,” he said. “I know he deserved a lot better.”
