Cremation services account for an increasing percentage of the funeral market. The cremation process is efficient, cost-effective, and easily coordinated with a cremation service. For a family grieving the loss of a loved one, decisions and detail work can be overwhelming. Cremation service is simple and requires few decisions. Cremation services cost less than other funeral services, freeing a family from unnecessary financial burdens.
Funeral and Cremation Services
Cremation may follow a funeral service or occur before a memorial service. Families can decide whether to have a traditional casket service elsewhere before cremation. Conversely, a family may want to proceed with cremation, and then hold a memorial service at which the urn is placed on a table display, often accompanied by a picture of the departed and a spray of flowers. Preplanning a cremation service is a particularly graceful gift one gives to the family, expressing consideration for them.
Disposition of Remains After a Cremation Service
After the funeral and cremation services, families may choose to scatter the remains, place the urn in a gravesite or columbarium, or retain the urn. A cremation service necessitates some element of decision on the family’s part in this regard if the deceased had not expressly conveyed his/her wishes with respect to dealing with the cremains before passing.
Ashes may be scattered at sea. When families scatter at sea, they often scatter flower petals on the water along with the ashes. Alternatively, cremated remains may become part of the Memorial Reef. Cemeteries are prepared for families who would like to place the urn at a gravesite. Special fixtures exist that allow families to do just that. If a family would like to keep the urn as a memorial, it is usually displayed on a mantle or small table accompanied by a picture of the loved one.
A cremation funeral service is similar to traditional casket services in most ways. A cremation service is a gracious way to honor a loved one, and the cremation cost does not impose any extraordinary burdens on a family. Planning a cremation funeral service takes the same detailed level of planning that would go into any memorial service, and the results are a beautiful memorial that captures the love and respect that the family intends.
