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Some common methods of final Funeral Service Options
disposition of cremated remains are:
Family and friends getting together to
• Cremation Niche: an above-ground honor a loved one’s life is one of the
space to accommodate a cremation most important steps in the grieving and
urn. healing process. You may opt to have a
• Columbarium: Often located traditional religious or military service,
within a mausoleum or chapel and or, as more and more people are doing,
constructed of numerous niches you can choose to have a non-traditional
designed to hold urns. ‘life celebration’.
• Cremation Garden: a dedicated
section of a cemetery designed Decisions need to be made about the
for the burial, scattering or other location of the funeral, the choice of
permanent placement of ashes. casket or urn and who the pallbearers
• Memorial Benches: benches should be. Another decision to make is
that either simply memorialize a who will be officiating the service. You
loved one scattered or buried in a can choose to have a minister (or other
cremation garden, or actually contain religious leader) or a celebrant officiate
the remains within. the service. The difference between a
minister and a celebrant is that a celebrant
is non-denominational. Whatever you
Headstones choose, some sort of service is expected
Some cemeteries allow upright from family and friends of the deceased.
headstones, called “monuments,” to be We are here to help create a unique
used with ground burials. Headstones and memorable service that people will
that are flat against the ground are remember fondly for years to come.
called “markers.” In some cemeteries,
or sections of cemeteries, only flat When Death Occurs
markers are used to preserve the natural
appearance of the landscape. No matter if a death is sudden, or if
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