Cremation has been performed for thousands of years but it is in the last fifteen years or so that it has grown in popularity in numerous countries both in and out of Europe, however the majority of us do not fully understand how the process of cremation actually works.
To fully understand the process then a consultation with your local funeral home director should help. Fully qualified in both burial and cremation services, experienced directors will be able to fully explain the procedure and what it is involved. In this article we explain the basics of how a cremation service will be carried out.
As with a burial, the deceased body is able to be viewed before the actual service if required. This generally takes place in the family home but in some circumstances can be held at the funeral home. The body is then transported to the crematorium and prepared for the cremation service. Jewellery and other metallic items are removed as are pacemakers and any other metallic items that will not burn.
On the day of the service a memorial service will be held at the crematorium where both family and friends can pay their last respects and read antidotes about the deceased. Hymns and poems will be sung and a few words said from the funeral director. The coffin or other container where the deceased is laid will then slowly be positioned into the cremation chamber and the curtains drawn close. The entire process of cremation will take less than 2 hours. Following the cremation, the ashes of the deceased will be returned to the local funeral home for collection by the remaining family members. A wake at the family home can also be held after the service to allow family and friends who did not attend the cremation to also pay their respects.
The ashes or cremains can then either be kept in the family home or scattered in a favoured place of the deceased. This decision is down to the next of kin should no pre-arrangements have been made.
With the cost of a traditional burial increasing each and every year, it is important that people fully understand the process of cremation as it has now become a far cheaper and more popular option. It is no longer seen as a barbaric way of which to dispose of the deceased but rather a respectable and far more cost effective way in which to say goodbye to someone we loved.
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