I know a girl who stated her mom wants wants creamated when she passes. Is it more expensive to go that way? what is all involved? Thank you. Inquiring minds want to know from the people.
2006-11-27 12:21:52 · 25 answers · asked by farharringsingslia 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Doing the whole coffin thing is more expensive than cremation. Cremation turns the body to ash but things like fillings in teeth, screws in the bones, and things like that are left as lumps among the ashes.
I would rather have that done than make more burden on my kids with a ridiculously expensive funeral.
2006-11-27 12:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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. Our firm 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).
2006-11-27 12:25:03 · answer #2 · answered by mommyblues78 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I usually costs less, the urn is what will cost the most, this is where the ashes of the body are kept. I was able to view an incinerator it's like a giant oven. Some prefer it as it is actually a lot cleaner and finalizes death. Many foreign countries use this method.
2006-11-27 12:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by miloe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cremation is only 12 or $1,500 . That's what I'm doing. I'm not getting buried either. I told them to just spread me all around the farm. I don't want any religious mumbo jumbo crap either. They should just have a little party and get on with there lives. I find it ludicrous to spend big money on the dead. What's the point. You can make much better use of it, if you're alive.
2006-11-27 12:32:21 · answer #4 · answered by flip4449 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
creamation is usually less expensive than burial....but I don't know much details ....I know that when I'm dead, people can put me in a trash bag and throw me away for all I care because I'll be dead and not worried about it, and also I wouldn't want my close ones waste'n all that money on a dead body
2006-11-27 12:24:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's cheaper to be cremated, since you don't need a grave plot, casket, headstone or anything. It would be more expensive if someone got a grave plot, put up a headstone and placed their urn (with ashes in it) on the headstone..there are one's made to hold urns. So if someone just goes with a cremation, no headstone or anything, it's significantly cheaper than a traditional burial.
2006-11-27 12:28:23 · answer #6 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you want and how much money is in your pocket.
Cremation can cost as little as five to seven hundred dollars.
Full body burial $10,000 and up, and plots are some of the most expensive land for sale, per square inch, on the planet Earth!
2006-11-27 12:24:44 · answer #7 · answered by Freesumpin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No it's not more $$ it's much cheaper.. Barrels can cost starting at around 6 to 8 grand.... And besides, with all the people in the world we would run out of real estate to bury people...
2006-11-27 12:26:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I plan to be cremated. It is cheaper. It's more friendly to the environment. I think it's just natural. Besides, who wants to have their vault/coffin float out of its grave during a natural disaster?! Remember hurricane Katrina in New Orleans?
2006-11-27 14:24:09 · answer #9 · answered by valkyria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I myself, and my daughters wan tto be cremated. MY sons wish burial.
Cremation is quicker, much cheaper (averages costing about 1000 her compared to about 6 to 10,000 for burial.), and is so much eaiser on the family.
When my mother died we had her out for 1 evening and than cremation. the rest of the family had a simple service at the funeral home chappel whihc they tell me was much easier on them without the corpse laying out.
I personally think it's the best way to go. Eventually all bodies will be removed for cremation as land gets scarce.
2006-11-27 12:27:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋