Normal turnaround for cremation is four or five business days once all paperwork is completed. A tax required by the State of California whenever a body is cremated. This will provide turnaround in one business day. This fee applies if the survivors wish to be present while the body is placed in the retort. Cremation of a body normally takes from two to four hours.
Families normally leave the facility after the body is placed in the retort.
The Witness Fee is charged by the crematory and is charged back to College Chapel Mortuary. The Mortuary can arrange to have the cremated remains scattered at sea. Survivors are not present during this simplified service. The Mortuary contracts out for this service. A formal parchment notice and photograph of the boat memorializing the fact that remains were scattered at sea.