The decision between burial and cremation is one of the first choices that you must make.
Disposition is the term used by the funeral industry to describe the final handling of the deceased's remains.
Although your initial decision for the disposition of the body is between burial and cremation, there are several variations on each.
Whichever choice you make, the body will eventually return to its natural elements.
Burial Choices
If the body is buried...
- It can be interred (earth burial).
Why people choose burial
Here are some reasons you might choose burial.
1. Burial is traditional within your family, religious group, or geographical area.
2. You prefer to have the body slowly return to the elements.
3. You want to erect a monument on the grave.
- Perhaps you want to visit the grave in the days to come, and you find a cemetery more appealing than say, a columbarium.
Decisions You Must Make If You Choose Burial
- Whether or not the body is to be embalmed
- Which kind of casket will house the body
- Whether or not the cemetery requires a vault or grave liner
- Which cemetery to use
- What kind of plot
- What to put on the monument
