The First Decision: Burial or Cremation?

 Now that you have made the vital decision regarding burial or cremation for your loved one, you need to choose the funeral products involved with your choice.

When you choose burial, you’ll need to select a casket, and burial vault.

If your preference was cremation, then you’ll want to browse the selection of cremation containers and urns. As you sit with your funeral director to plan the funeral or memorial service, he or she will speak with you about personalization pieces and memorialization products.

Caskets

Commonly, funeral homes have a number of caskets that you can choose from, including cloth-covered caskets, as well as ones made from various woods and metals. It is also possible to customize many of the caskets to pay a fitting tribute to your loved one.

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Burial vaults

Outer burial vaults are usually required by a cemetery to prevent the settling of the gravesite, and to facilitate grounds maintenance. Also, many families choose to protect the casket and safeguard their loved one’s remains through the purchase of a burial vault that exceeds cemetery regulations. Burial vaults range from the standard unlined burial vault, which serves as basic protection from the grave site elements; to lined outer burial vaults.

Cremation vaults

Basically, a cremation vault acts to protect the urn. If you’ve chosen to inter a loved one’s ashes on the grounds of a cemetery, you’ll want to consider the purchase of a cremation vault. The final decision you make will depend on whether you’ll plan an in-ground burial (called an “inurnment”), or intend placing the urn in a mausoleum or columbarium.

Cremation urns

After cremation occurs, the remains will be returned to your family in a relatively-ordinary, temporary plastic container. This container is perfect for keeping the cremated remains for a short time, prior to a scattering ceremony. However, there are many reasons to purchase a more permanent, more elegant cremation urn. These include:

• If you plan to have a memorial service where the cremated remains will be present.

• If you plan to inter the remains in a columbarium niche where the urn will be visible.

• If you wish to keep the cremated remains in a place of honour at home.

• Urns are made of numerous materials generally in categories of hardwood, metal, or stone. We also offer a selection of unique, temporary urns, and biodegradable urns for those selecting scattering at sea. There are also miniature keepsake urns which will hold a token portion of the cremated remains, a lock of hair, or earth from the grave site.

Most funeral homes offer a wide range of urns, in all price ranges.