What can be done with Cremated Remains?
Several choices exist: they can be placed in a niche in a columbarium, buried, scattered, or kept by the family. Cremated remains are sterile and pose no health hazard, In fact, new options are being offered each year, such as artificial reefs in the ocean into which cremated remains have been mixed. A columbarium is an assembly of niches designed to hold containers of cremated remains. It is most often located in a mausoleum with a cemetery. Some churches provide niches within the church or as part of a garden wall. Earth burial can be in a cemetery, either in a regular grave or in a special urn garden. Many cemeteries will permit two or three containers in one adult-size plot. However, the family, if so inclined, can bury the cremated remains anywhere it wishes, with the property owners permission. Scattering cremated remains over some area that had significance to the deceased has an appeal for many and is legal in most jurisdictions. Although there are commercial firms which will h
