Some place restrictions on types of markers or monuments. Veterans may be eligible for burial in state or national government cemeteries. Your Cashner Funeral Director can answer your questions about local cemetery requirements and practices. Entombment, like burial, offers a fixed, final resting-place. When a body is entombed, the casket is placed in a mausoleum, an above ground structure usually made of marble or stone.
Mausoleums vary greatly in size and design and are often found on cemetery grounds.
If you are a veteran, you are entitled to free burial and a grave marker in a national cemetery. Your spouse and dependent children are also entitled to a plot and grave marker if they are buried in a national cemetery. You can find out more about services for veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs or, ask your Cashner Funeral Director. Cremation is often accompanied by the rites and ceremonies of funeralization, including embalming and visitation. Final disposition options after cremation includes earth burial, entombment or scattering.