A direct burial service is when the body is buried shortly after death. The body is removed from the place of death to our facility, where it will be placed in a casket. Typically in a direct burial, embalming is not performed, but is an optional service. After filing necessary burial documents, the remains will be transported to the cemetery.
Decisions You Must Make If You Choose Burial
- Whether or not the body is to be embalmed
- Which kind of casket(or coffin) will house the body
- Whether to buy a casket, rent one, or build your own
- Whether or not the cemetery requires a vault or grave liner
- Which cemetery to use
- What kind of plot
- What to put on the gravestone
Why People Choose Burial
Although the trend is moving toward cremation, the majority of North Americans still choose to bury their dead and to be buried themselves. Here are some reasons you might choose burial.
- Burial is traditional within your family, religious group, or geographical area
- For instance, in the United States today, about 79 percent choose burial. In Canada, the rate is about 64 percent.
- You do not like the idea of the body being "burned"
- You prefer to have the body slowly return to the elements.
- 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 graveyard more appealing than say, a columbarium.
Green Burials
Today, more and more families are concerned with being environmentally friendly and actively trying to counteract global warming. The funeral industry has responded to this by offering green burial services. A green burial does not involve the use of embalming chemicals, cement burial vaults or metal caskets that can each cause environmental impact. Instead, the body is either wrapped in a decomposable shroud, or placed in a casket made of wood or wicker. Not only is this burial option environmentally friendly, it is also cost effective.