Mark Tronsons Cremation Cost

September 12th, 2016 my brother called 911 and requested an ambulence come to pick up his dad Mark, as he had been suffering with abdominal pain and vomitting for approximately 3 weeks. He was admitted to Saint Peters Hospital where they determined there was some sort of obstruction, although they were not sure of what. He had tests run on him, and they contemplated surgery but were unable to get to it before he fell victim to heart failure at midnight on September 14th, following an episode of vomitting that was determined to be stool.
He was intubated and rushed to ICU. They placed him in a medical induced coma until they could figure out a course of action. An emergency colonoscopy was proformed, in which results origonally indicated everything was fine. A few hours later my brother, who stayed by his fathers side was told that there was a hole in his colon, causing fecal matter to spread through out his body, including his lungs, and he would need to be rushed into emergency surgery to repair the damage. 
During Surgery it was determined the damage was irrepairable and he had his entire colon removed. Despite the Dr's prediction that he would survive the surgery to begin with and our family saying their good bye's before he went in, Mark did survive. He was not out of the woods yet though. His blood pressure began to drop and 4 out of his 8 bags of medication were specifically for control of his blood pressure. His hands and feet began to lose blood flow and started to turn blue. Shortly thereafter his liver and kidneys showed signs of failure, and he was started on dialysis treatment. After 3 days his blood pressure showed signs of improvement and he was reduced to 1 bag. The improvement was short lived and his blood pressure took another turn for the worst at which point Dr's informed us they would not be able to increase his bags of medication and could only increase his dosage in the one bag. This further complicated his hands and feet, causing his finger tips to go from blue to black in color. We were also informed that they were no longer able to continue the dialysis as his kidneys were damaged beyond help, and it was doing more harm than good.  At this point he was no longer responding to staff when they attempted to wake him from the coma.
There was a family meeting in which we were told if we keep him on life support and he does by minimal chance survive, he will lose his hands and feet, need a kidney transplant, and be on a feeding tube for the rest of his life. During the surgery when they removed his colon, they had to leave him open and planned to go back later and place in the colostomy bag (another life long ailment). It was at this meeting we were informed that because of his condition the Dr's refused to proform the surgery to close him.
We were left with the choice to keep him on life support or allow them to remove his breathing machine and leave it to Mark and God, to decide when it was time for him to go. Our family decided it was in his best interest to honor what we believe to be his wishes would be given the perceived quality of life. Immediate and extended family was informed of the decision and those who were able to make it, came to say their goodbye's. He was surrounded by ALL of his children, our mother, and our aunt when God accepted him into his Kingdom.
Mark was a loving and giving man, one we could and hopefully have all learned something from. He took in a homeless man off the street turning him into who we all know as "uncle Olen". He would give all he had for his fellow man, and only ever asked for love and acceptance in return. He is survived by my brother, Matthew and 2 sisters, Jennifer and Jessica, myself who he accepted as his own daughter, and 2 son in laws, Spencer and Keith. Not a day will go by he is not thought of or missed, but we will all hold on to our belief we will see him again some day. 
As sudden and unexpected as this is, our family is ill prepared for the cost of his cremation. We truly appreciate any and everything anyone can give, including sharing this post and getting the word out. We will update people when we decide on a date/venue for his celebration of life. Thank everyone for all the prayers and sweet words.
"If tears could build a stairway,
And memories a lane,
I’d walk right up to Heaven
And bring you home again"