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URNS
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An urn is the receptacle for cremated remains. Urns are available in a wide range of prices and in a variety of materials including, bronze, wood, marble, pewter, aluminum and stoneware. The selection of the urn is very important since the urn provides both a protective and dignified receptacle for the cremated remains. It can become an important focal point at a memorial service and can serve as a permanent memorial to the deceased. Deciding what will be done with the cremated remains may help decide what type of urn to select. The family may decide to bury the urn on a cemetery lot. Some cemeteries allow urns to be buried on the same space as a previously interred casket or other urn. When burial of the urn is the choice many families opt to use a special urn vault to house and protect the urn. The urn may be permanently interred in a mausoleum or columbarium, special above ground structures designed for this purpose. Some families elect to keep the urn within the home. Other options include scattering the cremated remains in a cemetery scattering garden, at sea, or in some other location, so long as it is in accordance with local laws. The decision to scatter should be chosen carefully in that it is irreversible. When scattering or any other form of disposition is chosen, a small portion of the
cremated remains may be kept in a smaller keepsake urn created to become a focal point of memorialization in the home.
CREMATION CONTAINERS
A cremation container is the container that the body is placed in for the cremation process. Cremation containers range from a Mahogany unit to a rigid, leak resistant, combustible, corrugated box. The family may elect to have a funeral service or visitation with the body present in the cremation container selected. A direct cremation would consist of only family identification of the body in the cremation container selected with the option of the family to include a visitation or a memorial service without the body present. Other cremation containers are constructed of cherry, oak, pine and canvas cloth or gray flannel covered wood. Any hardwood casket is
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