A Family's Guide to Choosing Cremation

A FAMILY'S GUIDE TO CHOOSING CREMATION (3 COMMON MYTHS ABOUT CREMATION myth: myth: myth: You Can't Cremation You Can't Have Have a Funeral Limits a Viewing If If You Choose Disposition You Choose Cremation Options Cremation Cremation and Cremation offers A viewing can be memorial services the most disposition arranged prior to can be combined options cremation Examples: Scattering, burial, placement in urn, or entombment of cremains BENEFITS OF CHOOSING CREMATION 1. Affordable %24 Avoid headstone, casket, and gravesite costs 2. Honors Final Wishes Option to scatter cremains in favorite places 3. Shared Cremains Cremains can be shared between family members 4. Portability No concerns about moving away from cemetery 5. Eco-Friendly No land is disturbed as it is with traditional burial CREMATION CONSIDERATIONS Will You Have a Service? Direct cremation = No services What Ki nd of Urn Do You Need? 2. Funeral home will Use multiple urns have a selection to share cremains Will You Scatter 3 Cremains? Ask funeral home about local regulations INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY Leak & Sons Funeral Homes (877) 285-0362 www.chicagosfuneralhomes.com Sources: http://funeral-tips.com/what-are-the-advantages-and- disadvantages-of-choosing-cremation-with-services/ http://nfda.org/planning-a-funeral/cremation/160.html#religion