If you
choose cremation, you still have all the options available
to you for gatherings, memorialization, and final disposition. As a
funeral home that specializes in cremation, we can personally attend to
all the arrangements for you. Cremation allows you to arrange any type
of ceremony which is meaningful to you, with cremation before or after
the ceremony.
Many
people select a traditional visitation and funeral service with
cremation to follow. You may also select cremation with a memorial
service to follow. A memorial service is a gathering which differs from
a funeral only in that the body is not present. The cremated remains
may or may not be present.
You
may select cremation only. This entails simply meeting with us to
arrange the details. However, we hope you consider the benefit of some
type of formal or informal service for the support it brings to family
and friends. It also provides closure.
Regardless of your choice of services, you will need to select a
cremation container and urn. Urn selection choices today are very broad
offering you the opportunity to select one that reflects your personal
tastes. For the non-traditionalist, there are urns that depict hobbies
like golf and fishing. For an extra touch, many urns can be engraved
with meaningful themes such as golfing or fishing, or the name of the
person who has died.
Cremation also provides you with several choices for the final
disposition, including above-ground inurnment, burial, permanent
possession, and scattering.
Above-ground inurnment, such as columbarium niche, provides families
with a permanent place to visit. Burial also provides such a place, and
also allows family members to be laid to rest next to each other, even
if the family member has not chosen cremation.
Finally, you may also select some form of memorialization such as a
plaque or monument. Memorialization not only comforts immediate
survivors, but becomes an important part of your family heritage for
generations to come.
The average price of cremation services
is $1,695 to $3,435 (plus merchandise) based on the
type of memorialization selected.
