Cremation allows families to customize their final farewells to loved ones when it comes time to scatter ashes. Families can scatter their loved one’s cremains in the ocean, send cremains off to space in fireworks, or bury cremains in a columbarium niche. Now, a new cremation garden in Oklahoma City allows you to bury cremains…

Though the funeral industry has managed to stay more or less traditional for the last several decades, the time has finally come in which the industry is being forced to deal with trends just like any other industry. Now that the American economy is back on the rise, funeral directors are having to battle the…

Cremation offers endless benefits to families of loved ones, including the ability to be as creative as desired when scattering cremains. Most people know very little about how to scatter cremains outside of what they’ve seen in the movies and on television, but fortunately, the sky is literally the limit when it comes to your…

One of the most revered benefits associated with cremation is having the ability to be as creative as desired when it comes to scattering ashes, or cremains. You can choose to have your ashes scattered at sea, in the air, or at one or more of your favorite places on Earth. Now, thanks to a…

Saying a final farewell to your loved one can be difficult as it is, and some families struggle with saying goodbye if they’re faced with burying their loved ones into the ground or scattering their ashes. However, if you’re looking for a way to keep the ashes of your loved one nearby, you can now…

Not many people like to think about the day they will pass away, as the very thought might invoke feelings of sadness and regret. In fact, the majority of US individuals fail to make cremation and memorial arrangements, which means that when they finally do pass away, their family members are tasked with the responsibility.…

At the moment you learn a loved one has passed, the first feelings you may experience could be a combination of sadness, grief, and shock — even if your loved one may have been ill and had already made end-of-life arrangements. Unfortunately, we can lose a loved one at any time, even when we’re least…

After your loved one has been cremated, your cremation provider or funeral director will provide you with their ashes, or cremains, which will be sealed in a plastic bag or container. Some people find that transferring cremains to an urn is emotionally challenging, and either ask for assistance from their cremation provider or ask for…

After your loved one has been cremated and you’ve held a memorial service in their honor, you may be indecisive about what you want to do with their ashes, or cremains. Since cremation has become America’s new favorite, eco-friendly way to say good-bye to loved ones, there are now many creative ways you can scatter…

In the United States, most people are making cremation part of their final wishes in place of a traditional funeral and burial. Considering cremation is so vastly different from a traditional funeral, cremation and memorial service etiquette is also just as different, and is largely based on a family’s unique cultural traditions. Additionally, memorial services…