More families today are considering cremation as an alternative to tradition arrangements. Reasons for considering cremation include:

• Simplicity
• Economics
• Religious and Ethnic customs
• Environmental concerns
• The Option for memorialization
• Flexibility in planning funeral services.

Once you've decided on cremation, you will have to make a few decisions. Many psychologists feel that a funeral service or memorial ceremony is helpful to family members and friends who are working through the grief process. During the arrangement conference, you'll decide whether you want the service to take place before or after the body has been cremated.

When the service takes place before the cremation, it is the same as a traditional funeral, with the casket present. The service can be held in the funeral homes chapel or another location. A service can also be held at the graveside or the chapel at our cemetery before the cremated remains are interred in a garden lot or in an above-ground columbarium, also known as a "niche".

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