Cremation Cemetery Options
Choosing a final resting place is an important part of choosing cremation. When selecting cremation, families often gather for a funeral or memorial service, but what will happen in the weeks, months and years to come? For friends and family, having a permanent place to visit, remember and reflect can assist in the grieving process and also help to create a lasting legacy for generations to come. Dignity Memorial® cemeteries offer a wide variety of customizable options for cremation with lasting remembrance.
Families choosing cremation will also find that there are even more remembrance options available to them than there are for traditional casket burial. Cemetery property options for cremation include niches in a mausoleum or columbarium, in-ground burial plots with permanent markers, pedestals, benches, boulders, special gardens, ossuaries and more.
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Private and community mausoleums
A mausoleum can be a private or community space for an individual, couple, family or special group. Mausoleums may contain both caskets and cremation urns, and can include indoor and outdoor spaces. Cremation urns are placed in granite-front or glass-front niches within the mausoleum. Private walk-in mausoleums can also be customized with stained-glass windows, etchings or memorial sculptures to reflect the unique personalities of those honoured inside.
Cremation gardens
Cremation gardens are beautifully landscaped areas designed to house cremated remains. Many also include outdoor seating, water features and statuary. Tribute options in a cremation garden can include pedestals, markers, benches, boulders and more. Every option can be personalized to capture the history and passions of a special life.
Columbaria
A columbarium is a public or private space where a loved one's urn can be placed in a niche for permanent remembrance. A columbarium can be an indoor or outdoor structure, large or small, and is usually constructed of lasting materials such as granite. Granite-front niches often feature bronze plaques commemorating the loved one memorialized there. Glass-front niches are another option and may be personalized with mementos of love and remembrance to reflect a special life. Families can choose from individual or companion niche options to meet their needs.
Private family estates
Private or semiprivate family estate areas are generally set off by a walls, benches or hedges, and can accommodate in-ground burial of urns or a combination of caskets and urns. They can also be used for aboveground inurnment. These estate areas can be customized to include beautiful landscaping, ornate gates, stone walls and other unique options, providing distinction for the family honoured there.
Cremation estates
Cremation estates are private memorials designed for families who wish to be remembered together. Often personalized with inscriptions or decorative touches, they provide a meaningful place of connection—set apart within the larger memorial landscape—where closeness in life is reflected in remembrance.
Granite-front niches
Granite-front niches provide families with an established place to hold a loved one’s urn. Housed behind polished stone panels that display engraved names, dates or personal sentiments, they create visible touchpoints of memory that can be returned to and appreciated over time.
Community columbaria
Community columbaria offer a shared place where many families can honor their loved ones together. These walls or free-standing structures provide individual spaces within a collective memorial, creating a peaceful setting for reflection and remembrance alongside others who understand loss.
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Planning a cremation can be overwhelming, and for many families it’s unfamiliar territory. We created A Guide to Cremation Remembrance to walk you through the choices ahead and help you explore what’s right for you.
Get A Guide to Cremation Remembrance
Planning a cremation can be overwhelming, and for many families it’s unfamiliar territory. Our Guide to Cremation Remembrance walks you through the choices ahead and helps you explore what’s right for you.