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BURIAL FAQs

Burial Services Columbarium: Columbarium walls are gener-
ally reserved for cremated remains. While
Traditionally, a burial service involves a cremated remains can be kept at home by
visitation, followed by a funeral service in a families or scattered somewhere significant
church, or other place of worship. The casket to the deceased, a columbarium provides
is typically presented at both of these events, friends and family and place to come to
and it is your decision to have the casket mourn and visit. Columbarium walls do not
open or not. You have the option of having take up a lot of space and it is a cheaper alter-
the remains interred (earth burial), or it may native to a burial plot.
be entombed in a crypt inside a mausoleum
(above ground burial). Family or religious Natural cemeteries: Natural cemeteries, also
traditions are often a factor for choosing known as eco-cemeteries or green cemeteries
burial. Decisions need to be made on whether are a new style of cemetery set aside for
the body needs to be embalmed, what kind of natural burials. Natural burials are motivated
casket to use, what cemetery to use and what by the desire to be environmentally aware,
to put on the gravestone. although natural burials can be performed at
any type of cemetery, they are usually done
Cemetry types in a natural woodland area. Conventional
markings such as headstones are generally
Monumental cemetery: A monumental ceme- replaced with a tree or a bush or a placement
tery is the traditional style of cemetery where of natural rock.
headstones or other monuments made of
marble or granite rise vertically above the Buial FAQs
ground. There are countless different types
of designs for headstones, ranging from very
simple to large and complex. What is opening and closing and

Lawn cemetery: A lawn cemetery is where why is it so expensive?
each grave is marked with a small commem- If the person was not under hospice care, the
orative plaque that is place horizontally at the police will have to be notified immediately.
head of Opening and closing fees can include up to
the grave at ground-level. Families can still and beyond 50 separate services provided by
be involved in the design and the information the cemetery. Typically, the opening and clos-
contained on the plaque, in most cases, how- ing fee includes administration and perma-
ever, the plaques are a standard design. nent record keeping (determining ownership,

obtaining permission and the completion of
Mausoleum: A mausoleum is an external free other documentation which may be required,
standing building constructed as a monument entering the interment particulars in the inter-
enclosing the interment space or burial cham- ment register, maintaining all legal files);
ber of a deceased person or people. A mau- opening and closing the grave (locating the
soleum may be considered a type of tomb or grave and laying out the boundaries, excavat-
the tomb may be considered to be within the ing and filling the interment space); instal-
mausoleum. The most famous mausoleum is lation and removal of the lowering device;
the Taj Mahal in India. placement and removal of artificial grass

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