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place for the deceased is a dignified have limitations on the maximum length
treatment for a loved one’s mortal of time allowed to pass prior to final
remains, which fulfills the natural human disposition. Contact your local funeral
desire for memorialization. provider for more details.
What happens when a cemetery runs Does a body have to be embalmed
out of land? before it is buried?
When a cemetery runs out of land, No. Embalming is a choice which depends
it will continue to operate and serve on factors like if there is to be an open
the community. Most cemeteries casket viewing of the body or if there is
have crematoriums, and some historic to be an extended time between death
cemeteries even offer guided tours. and interment. Public health laws may
require embalming if the body is going
In a hundred years will this cemetery to transported by air or rail.
still be there?
We think of cemetery lands as being What options are available besides
in perpetuity. There are cemeteries ground burial?
throughout the world that have been in Besides ground burial, some cemeteries
existence for hundreds of years. offer interment in lawn crypts or
entombment in mausoleums. In addition,
How soon after or how long after a most cemeteries provide choices for those
death must an individual be buried? who have selected cremation. These
There is no law that states a specific time often include placement of cremated
frame for burial. Considerations that remains in a niche of a columbarium or
will affect timeline include the need to interment in an urn space.
secure all permits and authorizations,
notification of family and friends, What are burial vaults and grave liners?
preparation of cemetery site and religious These are the outside containers into
considerations. Public health laws may which the casket is placed. Burial vaults
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