So Sara, age thirty-nine, paid $3,500 for a prepaid funeral. Again, it is wise to preplan, not to prepay. Why? If she were to invest $3,500 in a mutual fund averaging 12 percent, upon an average death age of seventy-eight, Sara’s mutual fund would be worth $368,500! I think Sara could be buried for that, with a little left over, unless, of course, she is King Tut!
