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• Private Family Mausoleum: a small one.
structure that provides above-ground • When ashes of a loved one are
entombment of, on average, two to kept with relatives, they can
twelve decedents. easily become misplaced or
• Companion Crypt: permits two discarded through the years, as
interments or entombments side-by- future generations may not feel a
side. connection to the deceased.
• Private Family Estate: a small section • A permanent placement provides
of a cemetery, usually bordered by future generations with a location to
gates, shrubbery, or other dividers, visit when researching heritage.
that allows for ground burial of
several members of the same family. Some common methods of final
disposition of cremated remains are:
Cremation • Cremation Niche: an above-ground
Many people overlook the importance of space to accommodate a cremation
cemetery property for those who choose urn.
cremation, but permanent placement, • Columbarium: Often located
or “final disposition,” of the ashes or within a mausoleum or chapel and
“cremated remains” is an important part constructed of numerous niches
of final arrangements. Just consider: designed to hold urns.
• Cremation Garden: a dedicated
• A permanent site gives loved ones section of a cemetery designed
a physical place for visitation and for the burial, scattering or other
reflection. permanent placement of ashes.
• The ceremony accompanying the • Memorial Benches: benches
placement of an urn in a cremation that either simply memorialize a
niche or a cremation garden in a loved one scattered or buried in a
cemetery provides family and friends cremation garden, or actually contain
with closure after the loss of a loved the remains within.
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