Preparing For Cremations: What You Need To Know
Properly preparing for cremation can help answer your questions, remove doubts, and avoid surprises. Here are some thoughts to keep in mind when preparing for cremation: Carefully Select Your Funeral or Cremation Provider Be sure to perform due diligence in selecting a provider that is right for you. Read reviews,…...
What Happens if You Change Your Mind About Cremation After Preplanning Your Funeral
Much of our lives can be spent planning and plotting our futures. At some point, we shift from where we want to vacation to where we want to retire. There are significant decisions to be made. Where and how to invest? Health and long-term healthcare choices. There are retirement decisions…...
How to Pre-Plan Your Cremation
In spite of the growing popularity of cremations, misconceptions and myths persist. When pre-planning a cremation, it is important to be clear about what’s true and false to fully understand your options. Here are some tips when pre-planning your cremation: Understand the Basic Types of Cremation Some people don’t understand…...
What Are Some of the Benefits of Pre-Planning Your Cremation?
It may seem contrary to what most may initially believe, but there are numerous positive, and even uplifting, benefits to pre-planning your own cremation. It can provide a certain peace of mind to know that your final wishes will be handled accordingly. Here are some of the specific benefits of…...
How to Personalize a Post-Cremation Memorial Service
As more and more families choose cremation, they are also discovering how to better plan and personalize post-cremation memorial services. Post-cremation memorial services offer more timing flexibility, can be held in a selection of locations, and can be touching and even uplifting. Here are some steps to help you plan…...
Best and Creative Ways to Use or Disperse of Ashes Following Cremation
It used to be pretty straight forward. Once a loved one was cremated, the ashes or cremains were usually kept by a spouse or family member in an urn, buried in the family plot, or dispersed at sea or in a forest. As the popularity of cremation has grown in…...
What’s Included in An Affordable Cremation?
One of the significant benefits of using the Cremation Society of Cincinnati as opposed to a traditional funeral and burial is the cost factor. A loved one may not wish to have financial resources spent on a more expensive funeral or the family may not have the financing available. Whatever…...
How Cremations Add Flexibility to a Final Service
There are many reasons cremations have become more popular in recent years. The have become more accepted by traditional religions. Cremations are more affordable than a full, traditional service and casket burial. Many families appreciate that a small amount of remaining ashes can now be turned into beautiful keepsakes like…...
Planning Your Cremation
Many people are under the mistaken belief that because they let family members know they wish to be cremated, it eliminates any need for pre-planning. They may feel that because they don’t want an elaborate funeral, planning for a cremation is unnecessary. That is a mistake you should avoid. Planning…...