Cremation
Cremation Services We Provide
If your family has chosen cremation, we offer affordable services that help celebrate the life of your loved one while giving you several options for a public gathering, and a final resting place.
Traditional Funeral Service followed by Cremation
- Cremation with a traditional service means you are able to have a traditional funeral ceremony, with your loved one’s body present. This can include a viewing or visitation as well.
- This type of service requires some type of casket.
- Embalming and Dressing/Casketing of your loved one is required if viewing will take place.
- We have several caskets designed for cremation, which are much less expensive than their burial counterpart because they are constructed with the purpose of cremation in mind.
Cremation with a Visitation Only
- Cremation with visitation is similar to a cremation with a traditional service, but rather than a full ceremony, only a visitation or gathering time is held.
- A casket will still be required, as with the Traditional Ceremony option.
- Embalming and Dressing/Casketing of your loved one is required if viewing will take place.
Cremation with a Memorial Service
- Cremation with a Memorial Service is one where a ceremony is still held, but the body is not present. Therefore, a casket is not required.
- You may choose to have the urn present, or simply photos and flowers, or all of the above.
Cremation with a Memorial Visitation Only
- Similar to the Cremation with a Memorial Ceremony, the body is not present in this case.
- A Memorial Visitation means, rather than a full ceremony, a visitation with the urn, flowers, and photos is held.
Cremation with Private Family Viewing
- Cremation with a private family viewing means one with no ceremony or visitation is held, but a small group of the family can gather for a short time to view their loved one.
- A casket is not required.
- Embalming is not required unless circumstances with the remains demand it. If this is the case, you will be provided an explanation.
Direct Cremation
- Our simplest form of cremation, a basic cremation, as the name implies, involves no ceremony, no visitation, and no viewing.
- An Identification Viewing can be requested for a small additional fee.
For any of the options above, any of the options below can be selected for an additional fee for each:
- A burial of the cremated remains (inurnment) can be requested.
- Keepsake Jewelry that can contain or not contain a portion of the cremated remains.
- Your loved one’s fingerprint can be placed on many pieces.
Looking for a Different Option?
Parting Stone offers families choosing cremation a 100% alternative to conventional ash. Our service solidifies the full amount of remains into a form that resembles a collection of smooth stones.
Solidified remains are a new form of human and animal remains.
PERMANENT MEMORIALIZATION
Considering what comes next after cremation?
Learn about the benefits of permanent memorialization and explore the cremation placement options available at New Hope Memorial Gardens.
Keeping an Urn at Home
This is a common choice and families can select the perfect urn for their loved one.
Placing the Urn in a Columbarium (aka, a “niche”)
Many families find comfort in having a final resting place that they can visit.
Burying the Urn
Similar to a casket, the in-ground burial of the urn allows for a final resting place.
Scattering of the Cremated Remains
Some families find comfort scattering the cremated remains in a place that was special to their loved one.