Funerals & Cremation (2024)

FAQs

When you get cremated do they cremate the coffin as well? ›

Are coffins sold back to the funeral director for re-use? No. The coffin and the body inside are cremated together. There are occasions where the deceased or the family of the deceased has opted for using a cardboard coffin in which their loved one will be cremated.

Arranging to see the deceased before cremation helps with processing the loss and beginning the healing process. It gives you time to say goodbye in a peaceful, discreet setting and choose which loved ones are with you to share this moment.

How much do ashes weigh after cremation? As a general rule, ashes following cremation will weigh between 4 to 6 pounds, or around 3.5% of the person's original weight. In the case of children, ashes weigh about 2.5% of the original body weight.

In most cases, you will have to wait somewhere between 24 and 72 hours after death before a body can be cremated. Certain paperwork is required and may take several business days to obtain.

What Do Funeral Homes Do with the Blood from the Dead Body? The funeral home drains off the blood via the veins. They then send the blood and other fluids such as lymph into the municipal sewage system. In turn, the waste disposal officers treat these fluids before entering the town's wastewater system.

After the cremation process is complete, you receive three to seven pounds of remains that look white and feel soft like ashes. What's returned to you is the person's skeleton. Once you burn off all the water, soft tissues, and cremation container/casket, etc., all that's left is bone.

Why do you have to wait 3 days to cremate a body? In the United States, the law requires that a body must be held for three days before it can be cremated. This waiting period gives family and friends time to plan a funeral or memorial service.

in you we place our trust and hope, in you the dead, whose bodies were temples of the Spirit, find everlasting peace. As we take leave of our brother/sister, give our hearts peace in the firm hope that one day N. will live in the mansion you have prepared for him/her in heaven.

Continuing to struggle with your emotions after the public observances have quieted down is common, even if it might seem like others are easily getting back into their daily routines. Your loved one, and your memories with them, will continue to pop into your consciousness long past these allocated moments for grief.

Updated January 31, 2023. Green bones after cremation are believed to be a symbol of good luck, and some religions or cultures even carry small fragments of these bones around with them to attract prosperity.

How much does a 200 lb person weigh after cremation? ›

Weight of a man's cremation ashes

Cremation ashes for a 200 lbs man weighs about 7 lbs or ~3.1 kg. Cremation ashes for a 250 lbs man weighs about 8.75 lbs or ~4 kg.

Is cremation a sin? Burying the dead was the usual practice in Biblical times, and until recently, the preferred method for most people when they passed. Even though many Bible passages see cremation as necessary in only dire times, nowhere in the Bible is cremation directly condemned.

The entire body, except the skeletal structure, burns during cremation. Soft tissue is inevitably incinerated due to the furnace's extremely high temperature. Salts, minerals, and bits of the skeleton are all that remains among the ashes.

If the family or deceased chose direct cremation, there is no other preparation required. If the family chose a public viewing, the body will be embalmed, bathed, dried, dressed, and put in a casket.

The coffin is cremated with the deceased. If you choose to place valuables in the coffin with your loved one, please be aware that these will also be placed into the cremator. Any metals present after cremation will be blackened and mixed with the ashes, before being removed using a magnet.

You will usually carry the coffin to the front of the church or crematorium. In the case of a burial you will again carry to the hearse and then to the grave, or directly to the grave if it is close by.

Within the crematory are the cremators, and the coffin is put in front of the cremator, the doors will open and a hydraulic ram on the trolley will push the coffin very quickly into the cremator. The door closed behind it, and the process, which is computerized, then takes place.

This is because cremation coffins are built to be incinerated during the cremation process. The process involves a lot of heat and lasts about 90 minutes, ensuring that the coffin (and the body) completely turn to ashes at the end.