All You Need to Know About Direct Cremation

 

It is undoubtedly a difficult time for you as you are looking at final disposition options. Whether you are deciding on your cremation or a loved one's, you must know about the direct cremation process. Though increasingly popular nowadays, many don't understand what this type of cremation entails. To find answers to frequently asked questions about direct cremation, read this blog post.

The main question: what’s a direct cremation?

A direct cremation is a cremation procedure without a funeral service. These take place outside of rush hours when there's low traffic at the crematorium. It costs less than a funeral or a service and lets the deceased's family decide to hold a memorial for their loved one.

the benefits of direct cremation

●       Its simplicity and straightforward  process.

●       In challenging grief times, the deceased's family doesn't have to make decisions about funeral service or memorial timings.

●       The cremation service providers pre-arrange cremation Transport .

●       For people living on a budget, especially with direct cremation in the Covid 19 pandemic, it costs less than traditional funerals.

●       To honor the memory of the loved one, you can arrange a memorial at the time best suited to you.

●        Families can have the memorial service when they are ready to process the loss head-on.

How direct cremation works

after you register the death, you receive a certificate for burial or cremation. Your cremation provider usually provides it.  Your direct cremation provider can help you with the necessary paperwork as per the rules of the state you are in. after the cremation paperwork is in order, the cremation providers will transport the body to the crematorium. With direct cremation, no embalming or viewing is allowed.

The cremation providers cremate the body in a chamber, which takes about an hour or a little more. Though families cannot choose a direct cremation location, they have complete control over the memorial or how ashes are kept, about an hour and a half . Families aren't able to select the time or location of a direct cremation. Close family members or friends are allowed to be at the crematorium. The family of the deceased collects the ashes in a week. The ashes are kept in an urn or a container.

Cost-Efficiency of Direct Cremation

These are the costs you save on by choosing direct cremation:

●       Fancy caskets

●       embalming

●       charge of funeral services

●       fee for the church

●       viewing charges

●       transportation charges

●       burial plot

●       grave vault

●       grave digging costs

●       cost of gravestone

 

Portability of Ashes

Directcremation or cremation allows you the portability of ashes. The deceased's family can take the remains with them anywhere and hold a memorial or scatter the ashes, whichever is more meaningful. Also, cremation is environment-friendly and doesn't disturb the land.

Prevents Overburdening the Grieved Family

The whole direct cremation process takes two to three days. In dealing with grief, the deceased family doesn't need the added burden of arranging a funeral service. In such times, this cremation process saves them from stressing over arrangements. The deceased's family and friends located far away from the place of death can attend a memorial whenever it suits them. Moreover, families and friends choose to keep the cremains or share or scatter them meaningfully.