Important Details To Know About Picking Up Cremated Remains At A Crematorium

If your loved one has passed away and you're taking on a number of related duties, you might find yourself dealing with a crematorium if your family member asked to be cremated. Someone from the funeral home or crematorium will arrange to pick up your loved one's body, cremate it in a timely manner, and then have the remains ready for you to collect. Then, you can display them in an urn at the funeral service, followed by either scattering them in a special area or keeping them in your home. There are many important things to know about when it comes time to pick up the remains. Here are three things you might not know.

You Need To Assign Someone To Pick Them Up

The crematorium needs to know which of your family members will be dropping past to collect the cremated remains when they're ready. The crematorium will not release the remains to just anyone who shows up. This means that if you're running around preparing for the funeral and get a call that the remains are ready to be collected, you can't simply assign a family member or friend to pick them up for you. Unless this person's name is on the paperwork, the crematorium will not give him or her the remains. In this scenario, you'd need to provide the name of the person who will be picking up the remains to the crematorium.

They'll Be In A Simple Container Unless Specified Otherwise

When you visit the crematorium to pick up the cremated remains, you shouldn't be surprised to be given a simple box. In many cases, it will be made of plastic and be very understated. If you wish to have the remains displayed in a decorative urn, you'll need to take one of two approaches. You can specify this in advance, and make the necessary payment, so that the remains will be in a decorative urn when you pick them up. Or, you can buy or make your own urn and transfer the remains yourself.

You'll Have A Specific Timeline To Pick Them Up

The crematorium will let you know when you can pick up the remains. If you don't arrive to do so, you'll likely get a series of phone calls reminding you that the remains are ready. If you don't visit the crematorium to collect the remains — which may be the case if you're having trouble with the grieving process and there won't be a service for your loved one, for example — you'll receive a phone call advising you that the remains will likely be scattered in a local cemetery or other specified area on a given date.

For more information, contact companies like Final Care Cremation Services.


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