Sunday, February 8, 2015

The Facts About Manhattan Cremation Services

By Beryl Dalton


Cremation has always provided a fast and relatively cheaper method of resting your beloved one in peace. Many families are fast adopting this service which is considered cheaper. A typical process takes around 2 to 3 hours to complete. However the time between different people vary depending on the size of the deceased. The typical Manhattan cremation containers include cardboard trays, wood caskets or canvas body bags.

Only around 15% of the Manhattan crematories and funeral homes use caskets for the process. This is considered an expense and instead alternatives such as cardboard containers and canvas bags are used. The procedure involves heating up the body and container with high temperature furnaces which burn down both the body and container to ashes called cremains. A normal body would yield about 6 pounds of the ash.

Many funeral homes in the Manhattan city are offering this service. They either do it themselves or subcontract the services of a crematory. A point to note is that this procedure just replicates the same procedure that a buried body eventually undergoes. After years, the buried body decomposes and becomes ashes just like the burning up results.

A memorial process can be accompanied by all the services that a normal traditional funeral service would have. A memorial service can be carried out before or after the process. If it is done before, then the deceased is taken to the cemetery or sea directly after being cremated. However if you deem to really reduce costs, you can do the process without any memorial service. This is known as Direct Cremation.

If you are considering a greatly economical option, then you need not go any further. Direct cremation will just fit your exact needs. This is the most economical option available. You will be able to lay to rest the deceases immediately without even engaging the services of a morgue. This can save you a considerable amount of fees.

The procedure for this is simple. The deceased is collected from the point of death and transferred to the location of funeral service. From here the body is prepared for the burning. There is no viewing, visitation or wake of the body which removes the need for embalming or any other body preparations. The necessary paperwork for death certificates and cremation permits are completed and the body is cremated. The remains are returned to the family at a later date, normally after 5 to 10 days.

Renting a casket would be a great consideration to make. Instead of purchasing one, it is better to hire one from a funeral home considering that the casket will be redundant after the service since it is not cremated with the deceased. An alternative container will be used as mentioned above.

Call around at various Manhattan funeral homes and crematories to find which one will offer you quality at lower charges. You may consider avoiding burying your cremains at a cemetery as this will incur you other costs like cemetery fees, headstone and grave marker costs. You can save on funeral expenses but still bury your deceased with dignity.




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