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Cremation is one of several funerary options that are common in modern times. Within the category of cremation itself, however, there are further options. In fact, the cremation process can offer just as many options and as much customization as the burial process does. more »
The Bible passage "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" means that people came from ashes and shall return to ashes upon death. The rotting away of the body until it consists solely of ashes can take hundreds of years. However, sometimes individuals choose to be cremated after death instead of buried in the ground or put in a... more »
The funeral industry did not emerge until after the Civil War when the process of embalming became widespread and more accepted by the general public. Before the mid-19th century, the dead were often displayed in the family home in the "parlor," hence the term "funeral parlor" that is still in use today. more »
Few people know what actually goes on behind the scenes at a funeral home. It is a difficult time for the family, who usually does not want to imagine what is happening to the body of their loved one. Unless the body is going to be cremated, it is embalmed for preservation and sanitary reasons. The entire process takes place at the... more »
According to the National Funeral Directors Association, the average cost of a funeral in America is $6,500. However, the AARP estimates that the true cost of a traditional funeral (including obituary notices, flowers, and other expenses usually left out of estimates) runs even higher, at about $10,000. Often, the deceased will have... more »
A funeral is a ceremony commemorating a person's passing away. These rites are nearly as old...
Cremation is the reduction of a deceased body by incineration. In the past, early civilizations used fire as a means of incineration, but in... more »
Cremation is a technique of human corpse disposal that involves incinerating the remains at very high temperatures. It's important for someone... more »
Cremation is normally conducted at a funeral home, chapel or crematory. The body is cremated in a retort, also known as a cremation chamber. Most... more »
A funeral home usually makes all the necessary phone calls, contacts the appropriate agencies and obtains permits for cremations. It is important... more »
Burial and cremation are the two most common ways to honor the deceased. While there are other ancient methods (such as burial at sea) and modern... more »
Cremation is the process of reducing human remains to basic chemical compounds in the form of gases and bone fragments. This is accomplished through high temperatures and vaporization.
Contrary to popular belief, the cremated remains are not ashes in the usual sense, but rather dried bone fragments that have been pulverized in a device called an electric cremated remains processor. This leaves the bone in a fine sand like texture and colour, able to be scattered without any foreign matter.
Cremation may serve as a funeral or postfuneral rite that is an alternative to the interment of an intact body in a casket. Cremated remains, which are not a health risk, may be buried or immured in memorial sites or cemeteries, or they may be legally retained by relatives or dispersed in a variety of ways and locations.
In many countries cremation is usually done in a crematory but others may prefer different methods. An example is the common practice of open-air cremation in India.
Modern cremation process
The cremation occurs in a crematory, consisting of one or more cremator furnaces or cremation retorts for the ashes. A cremator is an industrial furnace capable of generating temperatures of to ensure disintegration of the corpse. A crematorium may be part of chapel or a funeral home, or part of an independent facility or a service offered by a cemetery.
Modern cremator fuels include natural gas and propane. However, coal and coke were used until the early 1960s.
Modern cremators have adjustable control systems that monitor the furnace during cremation.
A cremation furnace is not designed to cremate more than one body at a time, something that is illegal in many countries, including the U.S. Exceptions are sometimes made in extreme cases, such as of a deceased mother and her still-born child or still-born twins, but in these cases the mother and child have to be placed in the same coffin.
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