Earlier this week, a close friend of my father's passed away....So far, his family has done absolutely nothing about it. My aunt has been taking care of him for quite some time, but there's nothing we can do, since we are not directly related, so there's no answers on what can be done now, and he remains un-buried since then. The man had been a military veteran as well. (not exactly sure which war he had served during, might have been either Korea or Vietnam)

Yeah, that's what it sounds like; it doesn't help that the 'fridge is old and probably thinking about 'giving up the ghost'.....(something that isn't really needed right now, but count on these things to suddenly seem to pick up an attitude of their own....) Any ideas for what kind to look for after the old one goes?