Have you and your family decided that you’re going to scatter your loved one’s remains at the conclusion of their cremation services in Palm Harbor, FL? There are actually quite a few things that you can do with a person’s remains, including taking them home with you or burying them in a cemetery. But these days, there are more and more families that are deciding to scatter a loved one’s remains rather than going with one of their other options. If your family is going to go in this direction, here is how to do it.
Start by arranging your loved one’s cremation services at a local funeral home.
The first thing that you’re going to want to do before figuring out how you’re going to scatter your loved one’s remains is call on a Palm Harbor, FL funeral home to help you cremate them. You should look for a funeral home that specializes in providing cremation services and let them know that you’d like to cremate your loved one. You’ll have the option to hold a funeral service for them either before or after their cremation if you would like. Just make sure you choose a funeral home you know you can trust to handle every aspect of your loved one’s cremation.
Let a funeral home know you’re going to be scattering your loved one’s remains.
Once you’ve tracked down the right funeral home to cremate your loved one, let them know that you plan on scattering their remains when they’re all finished. This will prevent you from having to pay for an urn for your loved one’s remains since you won’t be in possession of them for very long. You’ll instead get your loved one’s remains back in a simple cremation container that you can use to hold them until you’re ready to scatter them.
Pick the perfect place to scatter a loved one’s remains.
You and your family can choose from any number of places when it’s time to scatter your loved one’s remains. You should try and pick one that has some importance to either your loved one or your family as a whole. Some families will take their loved one’s remains and scatter them out at sea. Others will take them and scatter them in a park. It all depends on what you want to do with your loved one’s remains. The only thing you need to be careful about is scattering their remains on private property without getting permission to do it first.
Schedule an ash scattering ceremony for your loved one and invite the right people to it.
After you’ve worked out everything else and know exactly where you’re going to scatter your loved one’s remains, you can get an ash scattering ceremony on the calendar. You may want to hire an officiant to lead the ceremony. You should then invite everyone that you want to be at the ash scattering ceremony to come to it. It should serve as a celebration for you and your family as you scatter your loved one’s remains in a special place.
Need help setting up cremation services for a loved one and working out the details for an ash scattering ceremony? Veterans Funeral Care is the Palm Harbor, FL funeral home you can count on to assist you every step of the way. We work with both veterans and non-veterans. Give us a call to begin the process of planning out a loved one’s cremation services.
