Burial services offered?

I don’t understand. You’ve somehow been holding on to a corpse since February?

MattEngels, my heartfelt sympathy on the passing of your Mom, and others. Go to the cemetery office where your Dad was buried and asked if it is possible to bury an urn on top of his coffin. Most States allow this. The cost in my area (large metro area) is $400 for this burial, could be similar price in your area.

I would think Mom was cremated. Holding a body this long costs money. If cremated, talk to the cemetery people and ask if Moms urn could be buried with one of the relatives. You may have to pay opening costs. If there is a plot set aside for her, same thing, you pay to have it opened.

Talk to a funeral director. My State does have something for indigent people.

I would speak to the place where the already deceased family is buried, because if anyone would have a clue to any such thing it would be them.

I am, first of all, so very, very sorry for your loss. It is very hard to have so much loss in quick succession.
I myself, as a retired RN, and an atheist, don't have a lot of tradition around death and after death traditions. While my parents were believers, they also had no wishes other than cremation and scattering of ashes. My last loss was my beloved brother who also had no wishes. So my family is somewhat "scattered to the winds" in different states of our country.

We are all different in what comforts us, and in our wishes, and old cemeteries are much beloved by me; I have walked them in many countries. Highgate in London and Pere Lachaise in Paris are my favorites. So while a practitioner of tradition, I do love it.

If it can be any comfort to you, I also love Thomas Lynch who has spent his life as a Funeral Director and is also a poet. His words for me regarding death is a comfort in that he says that once someone has died there is nothing you can do FOR him, ABOUT him, WITH him, or TO him that will make the slightest difference.
When you think about it, it's true.
But on the other hand there is "comfort" in our wishes. And comfort is about all those of us left have to cling to. I hope you will find a way that you can visit your family if the one left alone without them.

I wish you the best.

A Lot of people use the Go Fund Me site and Place an ad on Next door.com . if someone was a veteran they can be Buried for free and their children also . Sorry for your Loss too many In a short time . Maybe join a grief support group . I had My brother cremated it cost $1300 .

Here's what I found for my state/county (and therefore you should do a similar search for your or your Mom's county of last residence):

"Burial Assistance

When families need help arranging their loved ones’ final resting place, Hennepin County can help.

The Burial Assistance Program can assist with final expenses when families don’t have the resources to do so themselves. Hennepin County workers will help you assess your eligibility for burial and other expenses.

Requirements and limitations:

Applications must be submitted within 14 days of the date of death;
the county will not reimburse payments already made.
See immediate burial policy.
All assets must be applied to the county maximum payment of $3,000.
Total costs of burial/cremation must not exceed $5,000."

https://www.hennepin.us/en/residents/human-services/burial-assistance

So, there might a time deadline you need to be aware of.

I'm so sorry for your losses.

Can you please clarify...has your Mom been cremated? Or is she still whole and waiting?

I would contact social services for your county and ask about programs that would help with the costs. Or, contact crematoriums and ask if they can offer any resources for such.

Many churches and places of worship have benevolent funds and you can ask for help, even if you are not that denomination or even a person of faith. My small church has this and would certainly help someone like yourself.

If your Mom is already cremated... we discretely released a small amount of my Aunt's ashes in the ocean away from people, along with flowers and petals, at a beach that had meaning to her and our family. Others here have given good guidance. May you receive peace in your heart.

I do not recommend this but it makes for interesting reading

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnethicalLifeProTips/comments/14uekl3/ulpt_request_how_to_bury_ashes_without_permission/?rdt=57771

I am so sorry 😞 this all must be so hard, I truly hope you have support and are going to a therapist.

I don't have a good answer, I just do know if you donate your body to science, they will cremate you for free and give your ashes back to your family, a few months later. But that is moot now, so not helpful

Best of luck to you.

One way might be to opt for cremation for M, then put her ashes on the grave that holds all the other family members. You could put them in a heavy base or pot, just sprinkle them there, or take a trowel with you and bury them in whatever loose dirt you can find.

No, I’ve not come across anything that helps pay the cost of burial. Funeral parlors tend to provide a package deal, but you should be able to contract separately for a service, coffin, and the cremation or burial. If you decide on cremation, choose the cheapest coffin. We did, and covered it with our M's bedcover - it felt like she had gone to sleep, very consoling. Remember that it makes no difference at all to M or to God, only to you, so don't go for swank. Our M strongly objected to 'show off' funerals anyway - she went along with the book 'The American Way of Death'.

You have my sincere sympathy for the loss of so many family members.