Cremation Information
Lighting the Path
Nothing can be more overwhelming than the death of a loved one. The ability to make informed choices can help you along this path. Bringing family and friends together to celebrate a cherished life is part of the healing process and is best served through a personalized ceremony and tribute.
When choosing cremation, it is important not only to capture the memories and celebrate the spirit of your loved one, but also to provide healing through gathering together, paying tribute, and celebrating a life well lived. Our primary mission is to ensure that this special, emotional, and necessary time for healing receives the utmost attention. We are here to provide guidance and knowledge, lighting the path as you commemorate the life of your loved one.
Ceremony Brings Hope and Enlightenment
Meaningful ceremonies with personalized memorials can be as unique as the loved one being remembered. We will help guide you through the process of creating a ceremony that ultimately provides a meaningful experience and leads to healing.
Choosing the Cremation Casket/Container
The selection of a cremation casket is just as important as the selection of the ceremony and is a required decision. The cremation casket you choose will complement the personalized life tribute designed for the one being remembered. Before cremation, during the ceremony, and at the time of cremation, the casket or container is the resting place for your loved one and provides dignity during the family viewing or community visitation.
We provide a variety of styles to choose from which allow you the opportunity to reflect the personality of your loved one.
Permanent Memorialization
Keeping an Urn at Home
This is a common choice and families can select the perfect urn for their loved one.
Placing the Urn in a Columbarium
Many families find comfort in having a final resting place that they can visit.
Burying the Urn
Similar to a casket, the in-ground burial of the urn allows for a final resting place.
Scattering the Cremated Remains
Some families find comfort scattering the cremated remains in a special place.
Personalizing the Ceremony
A ceremony is a way to inform the community of a loved one’s passing, tell their story, and celebrate their life. Whether simple or elaborate, traditional or contemporary, a ceremony is most meaningful when it reflects your loved one’s relationships, hobbies, and the moments you shared together.
Conventional
A community gathering, visitation, and personalized tribute that occurs prior to cremation. This is a time for family and friends to visit, share memories, and show support.
Memorial
A community gathering following a cremation. A meaningful program invites family and friends to visit and reflect on the moments they shared with your loved one.
Private
A small gathering and informal identification take place in a private setting and allow the opportunity to say goodbye prior to cremation. These options are intended to provide guidance in designing the desired personalized tribute.
Memorialization and Selecting the Final Resting Place
Whether you wish to memorialize your loved one with a personalized memorial, a piece of jewelry, or a special keepsake, a lasting memento will remind you of your time together.
Memorial Urns
The urn is another required selection and becomes the final resting place for your loved one. There are many styles and materials to choose from, in addition to many personalization options. The selection of the urn typically complements the final placement, whether buried in a cemetery, placed in a niche, placed as a treasured touchstone in the home or garden, or used as an ideal medium to facilitate ceremonial scattering.
Personal Memorialization
Many families have expressed an interest in providing multiple memorials, keepsakes, and remembrance jewelry for individual family members and friends. These personal memorials are meaningful ways of sharing a tangible remembrance of a loved one. You may include in these personal memorials a small token of your loved one’s cremated remains, crushed flower petals from the service, earth from the burial site, or nothing at all.