What options are available for ultimate disposition of the cremated body?
• Burial or entombment • Placement in a columbarium niche • Taken home by the family • Placement in a community niche, grave, or storage • Scattered in accordance with state and local regulations. (The final disposition of the cremated body requires previous proper documentation PLUS releases signed by the appropriate family members) Can family members observe the cremation process? There is no simple “Yes” or “No” answer to the question of allowing family members to observe the cremation process. Several basic principles apply: • It is our belief that the immediate family has the right to know everything that happens and under certain conditions, can observe selected aspects of our work. • Some of the technical aspects of funeral service are as complicated as aspects of surgery and involve procedures for which the ordinary layperson has no basis of technical understanding or psychological preparation. It is possible; therefore, that a layperson might misunderstand or misinterpret what
