Following a loved one’s cremation services in Pelham, NY, you and your family will need to decide what you’re going to do with their cremated remains next. You can stick them into an urn and bring them home with you. You can also put them into a scattering tube and scatter them in a special place. But you might want to give some consideration to burying a loved one’s remains in a cemetery as well. Here are some of the reasons why you may want to take this approach to dealing with a loved one’s remains. 

It’ll keep your loved one’s remains protected. 

If you and your family bring a loved one’s remains home with you, there is always going to be a chance that something might go wrong with them. They could get knocked over and spilled. They could also get destroyed during a fire or a flood. They could even get stolen during a burglary. You aren’t going to need to be concerned about any of these things happening when you put your loved one’s remains into the ground at a cemetery following their Pelham, NY cremation.

It’ll allow your family to visit your loved one’s remains. 

Your family is going to miss your loved one in the weeks, months, and years to come. One way that you can maintain a connection with them is by visiting their remains early and often. But it’s going to be difficult to do this when you have the remains sitting on a shelf in one of your family member’s homes. You can give everyone in your family easy access to the remains by putting them into a burial plot at a cemetery. 

It’ll make it possible for your family to create a permanent memorial for a loved one’s remains. 

If you decide to take a loved one’s remains home with you, you can create a special display for them on a fireplace mantel or in a hutch. But this display isn’t going to be permanent. At some point, it’ll need to be taken down and removed. If you would prefer to set up a permanent display for your loved one, you’ll get the opportunity to do it when you bury their remains in a cemetery. You can create an amazing memorial for them that will celebrate their life and teach future generations of your family all about them. 

It’ll ensure your loved one’s remains aren’t ever lost. 

You may feel confident in your ability to hold onto your loved one’s remains and keep them safe right now. But what’s going to happen when you aren’t around anymore to protect them? They could very well end up getting lost in the shuffle. If you want to make sure that this doesn’t ever happen to your loved one’s remains, you should put them into the ground in a cemetery. Even if you don’t do this until a few years down the line, it’ll often be what’s best for the remains over the long run. 

Do you like the idea of burying a loved one’s remains in a cemetery following their cremation? Or do you want to do something else with them? Either way, we’re the funeral home families can count on for help with Pelham, NY cremations. We’re also the funeral home that families can rely on when they want to plan out a Life Celebration®. Contact us now for all your family’s funeral needs.