Yes. Funeral Homes, Mortuaries, and Funeral Chapels all handle cremation. A funeral home, mortuary or funeral chapel may not have the equipment to handle a cremation on premises but will have a contact with a cremation company that can handle the entire cremation process.
Funeral Homes, Mortuaries, and Funeral Chapels can explain all your options available to you. Although cremation may be less expensive than the average funeral there is many options available and one must look at the arrangements as two. What are your options before one is cremated and what are your options after the cremation is completed.
As with any funeral home arrangements, one must choose which funeral home to handle the arrangements for them. I recommend a funeral home that you can trust and feel comfortable with the funeral director who will be handling all the arrangements. I also recommend pre arrangements or prepaying your funeral in advance and expressing your wishes to your funeral home of choice.
I wonder how many funeral homes actually have the cremation process done in house. That would be interesting information.
By: Gretta on December 22, 2009
at 7:18 pm
in response to Gretta. i am not sure about all of the states laws, but most of them do not allow a funeral home to also act as a crematory or cemetery. a funeral home cannot own a cemetery or a crematory. so typically the cremation process is handled by a outside crematory. after services, if any, the body is taken to the crematory by the funeral home and then the cremated remains are then delivered back to the funeral home, then funeral home will contact the family to let them know the cremains are available to be picked up by a family member.
By: thefuneralbizz on January 13, 2010
at 3:37 pm
I can tell you that in Georgia Many funeral homes have their own crematory.I also find that in most states the rule is also true. In many cases there may be one name for the funeral home and another for the crematory but both are onsite and owned by the same people. My advise would be to ask the funeral home of your choice if they have their own crematory onsite.
By: Larry Cooper on January 29, 2010
at 12:39 am