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Burial Services
People often confuse not having traditional earth burial as not having a funeral. Even if a family chooses cremation over traditional earth burial, they can still have a meaningful memorial service.
Cremation or Burial
This is one of the major decisions that needs to be made when a death occurs and it usually depends on a variety of things. If the family has traditionally chosen burial in previous generations, they may decide to choose earth burial as the family may already own plots together in a local cemetery. Furthermore, a family may not like the idea of cremation and opt for burial. There are certain costs associated with burial. Some of them include casket selection, and a plot and headstone in the cemetery. Cemetery policies, prices and guidelines differ from one cemetery to the next.
Burial Choices
- Interment (earth burial)
- Entombed in a crypt within a mausoleum (above-ground burial)
Reasons For Choosing Burial
- Burial is traditional within your family, religious group, or geographical area.
- You do not like the idea of the body being "burned"
- You prefer to have the body slowly return to the elements.
- You want to erect a monument on the grave
- Perhaps you want to visit the grave in the days to come, and you find a cemetery or memorial park more appealing than say, a columbarium.
Decisions You Must Make If You Choose Burial
- Selection of a casket
- Which cemetery to use
- Selection of an Outer Burial Container (Required now at almost all cemeteries)
- If you do not already own a plot, you would need to purchase one or more
- Selection of a granite headstone or bronze memorial