What options are available for cremation?
 

Traditional Funeral with Cremation  

The more popular choice of late, The Traditional Funeral with Cremation following  includes all of the features of a Traditional Funeral, including but not limited to:  Basic Services of Funeral Director and Staff, Embalming, Visitation, Services in your Church or our Chapel, Crematory Fees and the Medical Examiners Fee.  A cremation casket is purchased or use of our "ceremonial rental casket"  is used to hold the body during the ceremonies and visitations. Instead of interment of the casket in a cemetery the cremation process takes place following services.

Memorial Service held at Funeral Home, Church or other location

Following direct cremation a memorial service is held at the Funeral Home, Church or other location. The ashes do not have to be present or they can be displayed in an urn or other container.

Graveside Service

Following cremation a graveside service is held to inter the cremated remains in ground or inurn into a columbarium niche.


Direct Cremation-
Direct cremation without any attendant rites or ceremonies. This includes the basic services of the funeral director and staff local removal of remains at home or an institution, refrigeration, local transportation to the crematory, crematory fee, and the District 10 Medical Examiner Fee.


These are just a few of the more popular ways that people find to say there goodbyes to a loved one when cremation is selected. 

After the Cremation is completed There are many options such as, Burial in a Cemetery, Inurnment into a Columbarium Niche, Keeping the cremated remains at home in an urn, Having a portion of the cremated remains made into a diamond; Scattering at sea (Local, State and Federal EPA laws may need to be consulted),  placement in a Cremated Remains Manmade Reef;  There are even companies that will send the remains into outer space for a fee. 

Why Should I choose Oak Ridge Funeral Care?