Your Options for Burying Ashes in Cemetery

Do you intend on burying your loved one’s ashes in a cemetery after a cremation? You’ll see that there are different ways to go about it. Ask about your options.

Chances are you’ve previously attended a funeral service followed by a casket burial. But have you ever witnessed a cremation urn being buried at a cemetery? Chances are that you haven’t, but it is very much possible to bury an urn at a cemetery. And many families are going with this option following a direct cremation in Mustang, OK. There are, as it turns out, different ways you can go about burying ashes in a cemetery. Read below to see what your options are. 

Cemetery Plots 

Do you have a family member buried in a cemetery close to home? You can ask officials at the cemetery about burying a cremation urn on a burial plot occupied by one of your deceased relatives. Different cemeteries have different policies on this. It might be possible to bury more than one urn on a single burial plot. It won’t even cost you much at all to go this route since the burial plot will already have been paid for at the time your deceased relative was buried there. 

Columbarium 

You might also want to place the urn in a columbarium, which is a structure that is often found on the grounds of a cemetery. Basically, a columbarium is a building, room, or structure where cremation urns can be placed in cubby hole-like sections known as niches. This is an attractive option for families who, while maybe not interested in burying the urn, want a place to keep it. The good news is that it will be able to retrieve and relocate the urn should the need ever arise. It will be much more difficult to do such a thing if 

Urn Garden 

More and more cemeteries are offer urn gardens. Some cemeteries have dedicated areas particularly for cremation urns. So if you’re interested in pursuing this open, you can check to see which funeral homes in and around the area offer urn gardens for families who have planned cremations. It’s an alternative place to place a cremation urn in the event that you won’t bury the urn in a burial plot. You might still want to bury the urn on the burial plot where another family member was buried previously. But if you don’t have a loved one already buried there, it might make more sense to go the urn garden route. 

When you need help planning a direct cremation in Mustang, OK, we’re here for you. Let us know if you have any more questions about your options for burying an urn in a cemetery. As for final services options, we offer various packages to meet your needs. For instance, we offer packages such as I Just Want Cremation, Cremation with Community Celebration, Simple Cremation, Cremation & Final Goodbye, All Inclusive Cremation, and Traditional Gathering with Cremation. Our prices are 50-70% less than what most traditional funeral homes in the state charge. We are also licensed as a full-service crematory, which allows us to offer a wide range of cremation-related services direct to the general public. For the help you need from a dependable service provider, contact us by phone or stop by for a visit.