Embalming is not required if you select a cremation service without a casket visitation. Yes, most families select an appropriate funeral service to take place before the cremation or after. You may still have a traditional funeral with visitation, with the cremation disposition taking place after the service. The psychological benefits of viewing our loved ones and having the opportunity to say good-bye are well documented and are available with cremation. Other local funeral homes use a crematory located at a burial vault manufacturing facility and is not operated by licensed funeral directors.
Some people choose direct cremation believing that the quickest, simplest option is best.
However, all cultures recognize the need to come together to share and grieve at the time of death. Most people require something more than only to dispose of their loved one. Grief shared is grief diminished. Each crypt houses two caskets so husband and wife may be entombed in their own private crypt. The crypts are placed over an extensive drain tile system which provides the driest form of earth entombment ever developed.