i've always pictured it being in a little wooden building that's falling apart.. with a sweaty fat guy wearing suspenders using a pitchfork to drop dead bodies in a fire.....
sick, i know.
2006-07-07 08:58:47 · 9 answers · asked by dimples 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The Cremation Process :
When a death occurs and cremation has been chosen, the cremation provider is called by a family member, caregiver, minister, or anyone the family chooses.
Once the call is received, the deceased will be removed as specified in their pre-filed instructions. If no instructions are on file, a funeral director will assist the next of kin in making all necessary decisions. Removal may be immediate, or as much as 18 hours after death. The time-frame is decided by the family.
Upon removal, the deceased is taken to the crematory and placed in storage for the period required by law before cremation can occur. The actual process of cremation itself normally takes two to three hours. Ashes typically weigh several pounds, and take up a space of approximately 150 to 200 cubic inches.
Afterwards, the ashes are placed in a temporary container unless a permanent one has been selected, and are returned to the family or transported to another specified location. The Creamortiam also assists with the memorial or graveside services, or the scattering service as allowed by state law. If you bury or place the cremated remains in a niche or columbarium, a permanent container is often used. The funeral director can assist the family in scheduling any viewing or ceremonies of remembrance that are to occur before cremation, or any post-cremation memorial services, or scattering ceremonies.
The cremation provider usually handles the death certificate filing and notification to Social Security (and the Veterans' Administration if the deceased was a veteran).
2006-07-07 09:05:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The crematory I work in is a large brick building, it is kept very clean. The body is placed into a container of the families choice, which could be a casket or box made of wood or heavy covered cardboard. Sometimes a family wishes to witness the cremation, which they are allowed to do. The cremation takes place in a cremation chamber called a retort. The retort is a large space made of cement and bricks. It is cooled and cleaned very well, including being vacuumed, after each cremation, to ensure no mingling of the bodies. I am a certified cremation technician, not as you have in mind. The deceased is treated with dignity.
2006-07-07 09:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by Nita R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not embalmed.
You are placed in a wooden or cardboard coffin.
Once in the incinerator, the gas flame fed furnace has a main flame concentrated on the chest area, which contains the most fat so it'll burn nicely. Another flame is at the back of the oven as an afterburner to burn any debris that isn't caught by the initial flame.
The temp reaches 2000 degrees.
Once done....you're left to cool down and a magnet is run over the ashes and all metal is picked up. Anything the magnet doesn't get is sorted by hand.
The larger bones and the skull (oh yeah...you didn't think you turned to powder did you?) are placed in a hopper with teeth and ground fine. The ashes/bone comes out a chute at the bottom, usually where your urn is placed.
The rest of the ash is swept out and placed in the urn.
That's it.
2006-07-07 09:05:16 · answer #3 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I think it is very cleanly done actually. Usually the person is in a casket and it goes into a large fire/furnace. The body burns for a certain amount of hrs. depending on its weight and then after it is finished. There is nothing left but ashes. Ashes are then gathered and placed in whatever the faimily wants. I'm not sure though if the cremation happens after the wake or before though.
2006-07-07 09:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by noitall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know when my sister's dog passed away they had her cremated and had her ashes put in a urn. However, being that you didn't request your dogs ashes be brought back to you I would imagine that they have a place for all animals ashes. I am sure that the Humane Society that you took him to, took very good care of the ashes. If you are still worried, why not call them? I don't see any harm in asking. Then they will know how concerned and worried you were about your dog.
2016-03-15 21:16:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOOOOO it depends on the type of place you go to for someone to get cremated. sometimes they are little buildings in the middle of the cemetery where the people who work there put the body in a biiigggg oven and it burns for like a few days and then they put the remains in a little vase. or sometimes they get done at morturaries where the mortitian cremates the body. i'm 15 now and i've been to 4 funerals and now i know that it is not as scary as you described it.
2006-07-07 09:07:01 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Brittany♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gross.
I doubt it's anything like that.
I always pictured it like in the movie "Diamonds are Forever" (with James Bond trapped in a coffin that rolls on a conveyer belt into a furnace)
2006-07-07 09:01:56 · answer #7 · answered by Zippy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT TAKES PLACE AT THE BACK OF THE CUTAINS AND THE TWO MEN THAT DEAL WITH IT HAVE A BLOW TOURCH AND A BIG HAMMER TO BREAK THOSE BONES DOWN GOOD AND PROPER THEN THEY SUCK THE EYE BALLS OUT AND DO A LITTLE DANCE, YOU THICK FCUK
2006-07-07 09:08:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here ya go!
2006-07-07 09:03:41 · answer #9 · answered by banker lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋