Can't Decide What To Do With Your Loved One's Cremated Remains? Divide Them In These Ways

If your loved one didn't express wishes regarding what would happen with his or her cremated remains before passing away, you and your family may be struggling with how to proceed. There are a number of different options to consider, but without your recently deceased family member's input, you may have trouble evaluating which method he or she would have most wanted. The good news is that you don't have to select strictly one method. Provided that you're all in agreement, you can have someone at the crematorium or funeral home divide the cremated remains into multiple containers so that you can do the following.

Scatter Some In A Special Area

Many people ask for their cremated remains to be scattered in a specific area that they enjoyed visiting throughout their life, so you can proceed in this manner with a portion of the remains. Whether it's visiting a special park where your loved one hiked or taking a boat ride out to a lake that your loved one enjoyed fishing on, you can then scatter the remains and be happy with this decision.

Keep Some Of The Remains

The idea of scattering the entirety of your loved one's remains might seem a little emotionally challenging, given that it can be hard to watch the ashes flow from the container out into nature. If you don't like the idea of dispersing all of the cremated remains in this manner, you can opt to keep some of them. Have a crematorium or funeral home staff member at a place like Danks-Hinski Funeral Home, place some of the remains into an urn that you've picked out. You can then keep this urn at home in a special area. If multiple families want the same thing, you may even opt to have a small portion of the remains placed in multiple urns to divide among the family.

Place Them At A Cemetery

Another option to consider for a portion of your loved one's cremated remains is to take them to a cemetery where you can have them buried in a small plot or kept in a cremation wall. This approach can be nice because you and your family members can get together and visit the site during holidays, family get-togethers, and the birthday of the deceased loved one. Many people favor the idea of making a special trip to the cemetery to pay their respects, which is something you won't be able to do if you scatter all of the remains elsewhere, for example.