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fishing, gardening or music? the same family.
• Is there a particular emblem or
engraving you want on your headstone
or marker? Cremation
• Should there be refreshments served or Many people overlook the importance
a more elaborate party held after the of cemetery property for those who
service? choose cremation, but permanent
placement, or “final disposition,” of
the ashes or “cremated remains” is an
Cemetery Property important part of final arrangements.
In addition to funeral services and the Just consider:
choice of burial or cremation, cemetery
property, or “interment rights,” is another • A permanent site gives loved ones
consideration when you’re making final a physical place for visitation and
arrangements, either for yourself in reflection.
advance, or for a loved one. • The ceremony accompanying the
placement of an urn in a cremation
A common misconception that people niche or a cremation garden in
often have when they purchase the right a cemetery provides family and
of interment in a cemetery is that they friends with closure after the loss

Memorial or Tribute with family and friends may be your have purchased the land itself, when in of a loved one.
preference. Maybe it’s a combination fact what they have really purchased is • When ashes of a loved one are
Service of both. You can have one service, or the right to be interred (also referred to kept with relatives, they can
At a memorial or tribute service, a several, to honor your life. as buried, entombed, enniched or placed) easily become misplaced or
casket or urn is usually not present. on or in that particular piece of property. discarded through the years, as
Otherwise similar to a funeral or Regardless of the service or services future generations may not feel a
visitation, a memorial service gives you choose to include in your funeral Burial connection to the deceased.
family and friends a time to come plan, you can personalize them in Most people are familiar with the concept • A permanent placement provides
together in your memory and celebrate almost any way imaginable. For of burial, or “interment,” but may not be future generations with a location
your life. example, just consider the following aware of the variety of options that are to visit when researching heritage.
questions:
often available. Many cemeteries offer Some common methods of final
Graveside Service • Where should the funeral be held? one or more of the following: disposition of cremated remains are:
As its name implies, a graveside At your place of worship? At the
service may be held at the grave site funeral home? • Ground Burial: burial of the casket • Cremation Niche: an above-
just prior to burial of a casket or urn, • Who should officiate the service? below ground. A “vault” or “outer ground space to accommodate a
and usually consists of final remarks, • Will your service adhere to the burial container” is required at many cremation urn.
prayers or memories. The service may traditions of your faith or culture? cemeteries. • Columbarium: Often located
occur after or in place of a funeral • Do you want a eulogy, and who • Mausoleum, or Community Mausoleum: within a mausoleum or chapel and
service. should deliver it? a large building that provides above- constructed of numerous niches
• Would you like an open or closed ground entombments. designed to hold urns.
There’s no one, right way to plan a casket? • Private Family Mausoleum: a small • Cremation Garden: a dedicated
funeral service, we believe that each • What music should be played? structure that provides above-ground section of a cemetery designed
funeral should be as unique and • What readings would you like to entombment of, on average, two to for the burial, scattering or other
memorable as the life it honors. have? twelve decedents. permanent placement of ashes.
When planning your own funeral • Is there a special poem you’d like • Companion Crypt: permits two • Memorial Benches: benches
service in advance, think about the shared with the guests? interments or entombments side-by- that either simply memorialize a
way you want to be remembered. • Are there any special photographs side. loved one scattered or buried in
Perhaps you’d like a traditional or other memorabilia you would • Private Family Estate: a small section of a cremation garden, or actually
funeral aligned with certain religious like displayed? a cemetery, usually bordered by gates, contain the remains within.
or ethnic customs. Or, a celebration • Should the décor reflect a particular shrubbery, or other dividers, that allows
focusing on great memories made hobby or interest of yours, such as for ground burial of several members of

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