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Burial Services
Traditionally, a burial service in- simple to large and complex.
volves a visitation, followed by a
funeral service in a church, or other Lawn cemetery: A lawn cemetery is
place of worship. The casket is typ- where each grave is marked with a
ically present at both these events, small commemorative plaque that
and it is your decision on wheth- is placed horizontally at the head of
er to have the casket open or not. the grave at ground-level. Families
You have the option of having the can still be involved in the design
remains interred (earth burial), or it and the information contained on
may be entombed in a crypt inside the plaque, however in most cases
a mausoleum (above ground burial). the plaques are a standard design.
Family or religious traditions are of-
ten a factor for choosing burial. De- Mausoleum: A mausoleum is an ex-
cisions need to be made on wheth- ternal free-standing building con-
er the body needs to be embalmed, structed as a monument enclosing
what kind of casket to use, what the interment space or burial cham-
cemetery to use and what to put on ber of a deceased person or people.
the gravestone. A mausoleum may be considered
a type of tomb or the tomb may be
cemetery types considered to be within the mauso-
Monumental cemetery: A monu- leum. The most famous mausoleum
mental cemetery is the tradition- is the Taj Mahal in India.
al style of cemetery where head-
stones or other monuments made Columbarium: Columbarium walls
of marble or granite rise vertically are generally reserved for cremated
above the ground. There are count- remains. While cremated remains
less different types of designs for can be kept at home by families or
headstones, ranging from very scattered somewhere significant to
