Deciding what you and your family are going to do with a loved one’s remains following their cremation services in Kearns, UT can be an easy decision in some cases. If, for example, you know that you want to keep them in your possession, you can simply take them home with you without considering any of your other options. But if you don’t know what to do with a loved one’s remains, this decision can overwhelm you. Let’s take a look at some of the options that you’ll have so that you can start to give it some thought.



Put them into an urn and bring them home

As we just alluded to a moment ago, many families like the idea of keeping their loved ones remains close to them at the conclusion of their Kearns, UT cremations. If your family has fallen in love with this idea, you should strive to pick out the best possible urn for them and then decide where you’re going to keep this urn in your home. You should ideally try to set up a nice display for your loved one’s remains in your home to pay tribute to them if you go with this option.

Place them into an urn and bury them

While taking a loved one’s remains home might appeal to some families, not all of them want to have to worry about keeping remains safe. For these families, placing a loved one’s remains into an urn and then burying that urn in a cemetery might be a better option. You can bury a loved one’s cremated remains just like you would their body. You’ll just need to purchase a burial plot in a cemetery and look into getting your hands on a headstone or flat marker for this plot once the burial is complete.

Store them in an urn and house them in a cremation niche

If you like the thought of keeping a loved one remains safe in a cemetery but you don’t like the thought of burying them in the ground, there is another similar option that you might enjoy. You can stick a loved one’s remains into an urn and then have that urn placed into a cremation niche in a structure called a columbarium. It’ll provide your family with a great place to store your loved one’s remains for the long haul and set you up with a spot to come and pay your respects to them.

Keep them in a cremation container and scatter them

Are you and your family OK with the idea of not hanging onto your loved one’s remains? If so, then you might want to think about taking your loved one’s remains to a place that was special to them so that you can scatter them there. You can hold an ash scattering ceremony for your loved ones just before scattering their remains. Families will often scatter their loved one’s remains out at sea, in national parks, and even in their own backyards at times. You’ll be able to pick the place that you want to choose for your loved one’s ash scattering.

Before you begin thinking about what you want to do with a loved one’s remains, you’ll obviously need to hold a Kearns, UT cremation for them. You should track down a reputable funeral home to help you do this. Give a local funeral home a call and ask them to assist you throughout the cremation process.