#Cremation Cemetery

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After short-listing a few funeral homes, check out the prices and what specific services are covered in their funeral prices to make sure they are suitable and reasonable for your budget. A funeral director in one suburb might not be charging the same as the funeral director in another suburb. Therefore, make sure you ask for a breakdown of the prices before making the final choice.

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Visit the funeral director home

It is essential that you judge the location in person to know if the space will accommodate the guests and how long the commute will be. Usually, funeral directors cover the 10 to 15 km and charge extra to cover the travel expenses. For example, some funeral directors prefer not to travel out of the city for funerals.

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Crematorium and Urn Grove in Bratislava. Designed by architect Ferdinand Milučký.

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[lilbabysy]

Dead dummy, great for organ study! 💀🪦⚰️

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Went to the cemetery with my mom this morning to drop off flowers and clean the headstone where my Memere, Pepere, Uncle and Nana are all buried. No one else ever goes to drop flowers, we do because it was SO important to my Nana and we’d take her every year to drop the flowers for the 3 that were already there. Now that she joined them in 2019 no one ever goes. They just aren’t “cemetery people”, neither am I but I know HOW much it meant to my Nana and doing this for her helps me feel connected to them all still. And scrubbing the lichen off the headstone and engravings is extremely satisfying to me.

Plus I get to hear stories of family I never got to meet as my mother reminisces reading all the names of family that are buried there.

[imagineagreatadventure]

just had to be at the funeral home/cemetery for 3.5 hours and i cannot.

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Cremated #Viking bodies discovered in #Britain have revealed some unknown truths about the ninth-century Viking invasion of Britain, thanks to cutting-edge #technology.

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20 Industry terms you might hear in a funeral arrangement meeting.

Ideally, funeral directors will try to use simple laymen terms when it comes to helping you make arrangements for a loved one’s funeral. But once in a while they might say a term, or it might appear in paperwork, that means something specific to funeral service that you’re not privy to, or that you might not know the meaning of in the context of funerals. A good funeral director should explain these terms if asked, but for the sake of it, I’ll list some here! Lots of these terms will appear in the final bill, general price lists, consent forms, etc.

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1. Immediate Burial/Direct Burial

This refers to burial that takes place very shortly after death, usually the body is not embalmed and there is no public viewing. An immediate burial may use a casket and vault, a direct burial usually uses a simple wood container or shroud and no vault. The similarity is they are both done as soon as possible after death.

2. Direct Cremation

This is cremation done very quickly after death, and the body is usually placed into a cardboard container. The cremated remains are then placed into a temporary container. This is currently considered the least expensive option.

3. Cremains

Although there’s some debate on whether or not funeral directors should use this term when speaking to families, it is simply shorthand jargon meaning “cremated remains” (crem-ains). This is the final state of the body after cremation. The funeral director might not use this term but it may appear in paperwork. The term “ashes” is rarely used due to it’s technical inaccuracy (cremated remains are majority bone fragments) but if you use this term as someone making arrangements, it’s fine. The funeral staff will know what you mean.

4. Disposition (body disposition)

This is the final fate of the body; where it is ending up. Burial, cremation, burial at sea, anatomical donation, aquamation, composting/natural organic reduction, are all considered types of disposition. Control of disposition indicates who has the say in what happens to the dead person’s body.

5. Coach

Hearses are sometimes referred to as “funeral coaches”. This is a ceremonial vehicle that can be used to transport an individual in a casket from the place of service to a cemetery (or other final resting place).

6. Transfer of Remains (or Removal)

This refers to the initial transport of a body from the place of death to the funeral home. Transfer of Remains is considered more professional, but “removal” may come up as well. They mean the same thing. Bodies are usually transported in an unmarked vehicle, never a hearse.

7. Authorizing Agent/Person or Designee

This is the person who is in charge of signing paperwork and making decisions. It may be the next of kin, or someone the deceased picked if they filled out a “designee form” this varies state by state.

8. Next of Kin

The person in closest relation to the deceased at time of death. Although spouses are not related by blood, they are given first priority. Then, in order: children, parents, siblings, grandchildren, grandparents, aunts/uncles, nieces/nephews, great-grandchildren, then other relatives. This term MAY also be used as a catch-all term for the authorizing person, since they are usually the same (but not always). If you are a designee to the deceased but not related to them (you’re a non-married partner, friend etc) you may still be referred to as Next of Kin.

9. Idemnify

This is a legal term that generally means “protect from law suit” it comes up on embalming authorizations, and essentially means you will promise not to sue the funeral home as long as they are performing within expectations.

10. Decedent

This is an official term for “person who is deceased”. The dead person in question.

11. Death Certificate

Like a birth certificate, this is a legal document that verifies someone is dead. Often times you will need several copies for financial purposes. If the deceased had bank accounts, life insurance, financial accounts, etc, you will often need one for each account.

12. HIPAA rights

When someone dies, the right to their medical information is passed to the authorizing person/next of kin. Cause/manner of death is information protected under HIPAA. Funeral directors, embalmers, morticians, medical examiners and the like are bound by HIPAA and so cannot share any medical information about the deceased without consent.

13. Ship-in/ship-out

A ship-in is when a body comes from another funeral home, a ship-out is when a funeral home sends a body to another one. We see this a lot more with people retiring in a different state than they made arrangements in.

14. Retort

This is what’s commonly called a “cremator” it’s the large device that performs the process of cremation. It resembles a large oven, and fire is used at high heat and pressure to reduce the body to bones.

15. At-Need/Pre-need

At-need is a term meaning essentially: “someone has died, we need to make their funeral arrangements now.” Pre-need means “I’m not dead yet, but I would like to arrange my funeral and possibly pay for it in advance”.

16. Implants/medical devices

For the purposes of funerals, this refers to things like pacemakers, internal defibrillators, and other medically assisting devices that are surgically implanted into someone. Before cremation, especially pacemakers need to be removed first since they contain radioactive materials and lithium-ion batteries which could explode in the retort.

17. Secondary Preperation

This is a term related to embalming, it refers to the procedures that happen after a body is embalmed; namely applying cosmetics, concealing any sutures or minor injuries, etc. It’s superficial final touches.

18. Alternative Container

A “container” refers to a traditional casket, coffin, or urn. An alternative container is anything that falls outside of that description. The cardboard container used for direct cremation classifies as this. Other things that would be considered them are plain wooden boxes and wicker caskets, as well as any container for cremated remains that’s not a traditional urn (some we see from time to time are coffee tins and pickle jars).

19. Vault or Grave Liner

These are both containers that a casket goes into when buried in a cemetery, they are usually made of concrete but can also be made of copper, bronze, strong plastic, and asphalt. The primary purpose of these vaults is to protect the casket, and to prevent the ground of the cemetery from sinking/moving too much. I have a post about vaults if you want to know more.

20. Inurnment

This word can have two meanings depending on who you talk to; it either can mean "placing an urn into a permanent location such as a mausoleum niche or burial spot" OR "placement of cremated remains into an urn". Most of the time it's the first definition. There are a lot of options insofar as what a family can do with cremated remains, and burying the urn or placing it in a mausoleum is just one option.

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when i die there better not be a funeral. if you have to do something do a chuck e cheese pizza party or something. if it had to be all traditional in a church or whatever don't do eulogies make it a roast instead. ppl don't even have to be roasting me roast everyone in the room i want a fight to break out at my funeral

[elisamaza]

no offense to people that wanna be buried in cemeteries but for me i cannot FATHOM taking up real estate after my death. flush my ashes down the toilet for all i care

[evrth--wvlker]

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[pizzazz-party]

Me, a first gen born American: wait was I supposed to grow up celebrating dia de los muertos this whole time?? It’s not just Mexican???

My mom, who’s celebrating this holiday for the first time in years bc she actually has access to the family cemetery: 😂😂😂

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How to select the right Funeral Director?

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Since moving a block away from a crematorium I have been craving a lot more BBQ. Now I know why.

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Everyone was departing, but we arrived late at the cremation ceremony at...

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Cremation Services at Mount Pleasant Oakland Cemeteries

Discover dignified cremation services at Mount Pleasant Oakland Cemeteries. Our compassionate team offers personalized options, ensuring a respectful farewell for your loved ones. Experience peace of mind with our trusted cremation facilities and expert guidance through every step of the process.

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Cremation Cemetery in San Pablo, CA: Tranquil Final Resting Place

With its focus on cremation cemetery services in San Pablo, St. Joseph Cemetery & Funeral Center offers a dignified final resting place for loved ones choosing cremation. Families in search of a peaceful and respectful environment for their departed relatives turn to them.