# Cremation ashes interred in several different locations, or more... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 30, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-ashes-interred-in-several-different-locations-or-more/729384 "2015-08-30T11:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-ashes-interred-in-several-different-locations-or-more/729384/1 "2015-08-30T11:35:53Z")
Okay, so people can have ashes shot into space, spread at sea, blowing in the wind, or soon, if not already, 3d printed into a smaller version of their former selves… My question though, is about peoples ashes that are spread out and kept at various sites through the world, who is the most well spread? This arose in my mind after visiting the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory and the Grote Reber Museum today, (What an interesting man, don’t understand why I never heard his name at school) and noticing the world map displaying his many final resting places, unfortunately, I didn’t grab a pic of it, nor can I find one easily find one, but the info from wiki confirms: "He was looked after in his final days at the Ouse District Hospital, about 50 km northwest of Hobart, Tasmania, where he died in 2002, two days before his 91st birthday. \*\*His ashes are located \*\*at Bothwell Cemetery, just past New Norfolk in Tasmania and at many major radio observatories around the world: ``` Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory and Grote Reber Museum, Cambridge, Tasmania, Australia Parkes Observatory, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia Molonglo Observatory, Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia Dwingeloo Radio Observatory, Netherlands Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, England Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridgeshire, England Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, British Columbia, Canada NASA Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope, California United States Naval Observatory, D.C. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Greenbank, West Virginia Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico University of Illinois Radio Telescope, Vermillion County, Illinois University of California at Davis University of Hawaii, on the summit of Haleakala Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, India Tuorla Observatory, Turku, Finland Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory, Russia " ``` > **[Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_Radio_Observatory)** > > The Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory is a radio astronomy based observatory owned and operated by University of Tasmania, located 20 km east of Hobart in Cambridge, Tasmania. It is home to three radio astronomy antennas and the Grote Reber Museum. > The observatory has two active radio telescopes: the Mount Pleasant 26 m antenna and a 12 m AuScope VLBI Antenna. The Observatory is linked to the University of Tasmania's Hobart campus with a 25 km fibre optic cable, installed in 2007. > The 14 m ... > **[Grote Reber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Reber)** > > Grote Reber (December 22, 1911 – December 20, 2002) was an American pioneer of radio astronomy, which combined his interests in amateur radio and amateur astronomy. He was instrumental in investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering work, and conducted the first sky survey in the radio frequencies. > His 1937 radio antenna was the second ever to be used for astronomical purposes and the first parabolic reflecting antenna to be used as a radio telescope. For nearly a decade he was the wor... [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/A7TAqsB.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/A7TAqsB) That gives me 18 different locations across multiple countries, which may not even be close to the record, but more than anyone else that comes to my mind at the moment, so I ask the more knowledgeable masses of the sdmb… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-ashes-interred-in-several-different-locations-or-more/729384/2 "2015-08-30T12:16:08Z")
I don’t know about public figures, but when my wife died, her remains were cremated. At the celebration of her life, I filled a hundred small envelopes with a tablespoon or so of her ashes and set them out in a punch bowl. I explained at the party that we hadn’t had the opportunity to travel as much as we wanted to, so if they were going someplace warm, sprinkle her ashes in an interesting place. By the end of the night, all the envelopes were gone, and I have heard from a number of people about where they spread a little bit of Pam. ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-ashes-interred-in-several-different-locations-or-more/729384/3 "2015-08-30T13:19:42Z")
THis is exactly what I want done. I plan it, not so much so my ashes go someplace, rather to encourage (force?:D) people to go on a trip somewhere in my memory. I figure they may not go unless they have some external motivation and I want to give them that. I’m even planning on giving some suggestions to my favorite places and may try to dedicate funds for travel to essentially force people to take a vacation to see these places. I suspect Fear Itself is not unique in this aspect ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-ashes-interred-in-several-different-locations-or-more/729384/4 "2015-08-30T16:34:48Z")
From Wikipedia. “After his death, Buddha’s cremation relics were divided amongst 8 royal families and his disciples; centuries later they would be enshrined by King Ashoka into 84,000 stupas.” ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-ashes-interred-in-several-different-locations-or-more/729384/5 "2015-08-31T17:41:37Z")
I have been involved in spreading a tiny bit of several different scuba divers’ ashes. In each case the family distributed a sample of ashes to be taken by friends to unique dive destinations for release, typically underwater. I’ve heard anywhere from a handful to several dozen destinations per decedent. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-ashes-interred-in-several-different-locations-or-more/729384/6 "2015-08-31T18:39:58Z")
Clyde Tombaugh, the guy who discovered Pluto, was cremated. Some of his ashes were put on the New Horizons probe, the one to Pluto. So I’d say Mr. Tombaugh wins at least on distance, his ashes not only having flown by Pluto but now being outward-bound to interstellar space. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremation-ashes-interred-in-several-different-locations-or-more/729384/7 "2015-08-31T23:46:09Z")
My brother’s ashes are in every Major League Baseball stadium (or, at least, the ones around in 1995).