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Steps For Ash Scattering Ceremonies

When you decide upon cremation services in Daytona Beach, FL, you also get to decide on a final resting place for your loved one. There are lots of options, including burial in a cemetery. Most people who go with cremation decide that scattering their loved one’s ashes is the right fit. If that sounds like a good way for you to go as well, there are steps to take to get the ceremony in place to make it something special your family, and your loved one would appreciate. Here are a few such steps.

1-Decide Where To Scatter

The first thing you have to do, of course, is deciding where you want to scatter your loved one’s ashes. The location should be somewhere that is special to them and to you and perhaps somewhere you would want to visit in the future when you want to think about them. The location can mean a lot in the long run, so consider the options with care.

2-Look Into Rules And Regulations

Once you have a location in mind, you will want to look into any laws, rules, or regulations around that location with care so you can do everything on the up and up. If you are considering family ground that is privately owned by your family, there’s really nothing to consider. But if you are wanting to spread ashes on private grounds that someone else owns, you need their written permission. There might be rules and regulations for certain public locations as well, like the ocean or a public park. You need to know what has to be in place to make things legal and easy for the whole family.

3-Hire A Celebrant

While this isn’t something that is necessary, you might want to consider hiring someone who knows how to run an ash scattering event. That way, your family isn’t standing around, waiting for someone to take charge. This person can ensure that you get everything from the event that you want. They run things so everything you want is included and you don’t forget anything.

4-Personalize As Needed

You will likely want to make the event as personalized as possible. Part of that will be the location you choose. But maybe you want to sing certain songs together, have someone to a reading, or even have family members share memories. Personalize the event in any way you want.

5-Invite Guests

Scattering ceremonies are usually reserved for close family and friends, but you can invite those you want to the event. They are usually smaller and more intimate, and you will need to invite those you want there.

When you are working on setting up cremation services in Daytona Beach, FL for a loved one who has passed away, the professionals at Baldauff Family Funeral Home and Crematory can help you with that process. We can also give you advice and ideas for ash scattering ceremonies and we will stand beside you through anything you decide to do for your loved one.

Displaying An Urn At Home After Cremation Services

There are lots of options as to what you can do with a loved one’s remains after cremation services in Daytona Beach, FL and if you have decided to display them in your home, it’s nice to know they are close. If you move, you can take them with you and you never leave them behind. But you will want to think about how you display their remains within your home so it is safe, honorable, and nice for everyone in the family. Here are some things to think through.

Your Home’s Style

You want the urn you choose for your loved one to be a nice tribute to them, but since it will be in your home, you will also want it to fit into your home’s style. Not everyone who comes into your home may be comfortable with the idea of an urn sitting in a certain location. If it fits in well, not everyone will even notice. Have it go along with your home’s colors and style so it is a fitting tribute while being something that sits into the home well.

Remain Safety

It will be of utmost concern to make sure that your loved one’s remains are safe. That means if you have any pets or children around, the urn should be kept up high where they can’t get to it and knock it over. You also want to make sure the urn is one that has a lid that can’t easily be lifted. Perhaps get an urn that isn’t breakable as well in case it is knocked over. You want your loved one’s resting place to be nearby, but you also want them to remain safe and undisturbed in their urn.

Consider The Location With Care

You want to keep your loved one close. What does that mean to you? Do you want them on the fireplace mantel so they are with you every time you are warming yourself by the fire? Or would you like to have them as less of a centerpiece and more of a background? You can place them in the guest bedroom where they always slept when they visited or in your home office so they are with you, but not in view of others who visit your house. Think about what you want, and what your loved one would most appreciate.

When you are going through final services for a loved one, choosing cremation services in Daytona Beach, FL is a good way to meet their needs. Once the cremation is complete with the professionals at Baldauff Family Funeral Home and Crematory, the timeline on other decisions stops. You can have a memorial service whenever you want, and you can also make decisions about final resting places at your own pace. We’re here to help you bounce ideas around whenever you have them and want to talk through them.

Thoughts To Have When Purchasing An Urn

When you have decided that you want to have cremation services in Lake Helen, FL for yourself in the future, there are other decisions to make as you plan ahead. You might want to work with a funeral home, for example, and choose a cremation package. Once you choose a package, that’s all you have to have for the process. Everything you need is included. You can also pay for the package in advance so your family has another thing off their minds when you pass on in the future. But there are also things you can add to that package if you so choose. The most popular product to add is an urn. As you move forward with making that purchase, here are some things to think about.

What Budget Do You Have For The Purchase?

Once you have chosen a cremation package, you know how much that costs. If you are paying for it, perhaps you have a budget in mind for the urn or anything else you want to line up in advance. It’s important to have a range for the purchase do you don’t go way above what you wanted to spend just because you saw something that looked nice. Let the professionals know what budget you have in mind and they will show you things only in that range.

What Functions Does The Urn Have To Fulfill?

This is also important to think through. If the urn is being used for direct cremation and then you want to have yourself buried, perhaps it doesn’t have to be very expensive. On the other hand, if your urn is going to hold your remains, be displayed at a memorial service, and then be held in a family member’s homes for many years to come, you want something nice and something durable. Talk about the functions you have in mind for the urn in order to let the professionals guide you in the right direction for options that will suit those needs.

What Stands Out To You?

It’s nice to choose your own urn because then your family doesn’t have to make those decisions plus, they will know the urn is something you appreciate. As you look at choices, what stands out to you? Do you like a certain material? A certain color? What do you want to be engraved on the urn, if anything? This product is something that will mean a lot to your family and you will want it to suit your style and personality so they will remember you every time they see it.

It can be hard to find the right urn for your cremation services in Lake Helen, FL because no one really likes to think of their own mortality, but the professionals at Baldauff Family Funeral Home and Crematory are here to help you through the process on a step by step basis. Let us know what you want and we will help you find it, whether that means buying from us or another vendor.

Giving Your Loved One A Burial At Sea

Living in Orlando gives you easy access to the ocean. When a family member who loved the water passes on, you might feel good about having cremation services in Lake Helen, FL for them so you can then scatter their ashes in the ocean. If you have never followed through with this process before, there are some things you will need to know.

Contact The Coast Guard

If you aren’t sure about the laws and regulations, you can always contact the coast guard and ask. But you need to know that it is not allowed to scatter your loved one from the beach or any location where they might possibly come into contact with other people. You can scatter them in the ocean, but you need to do so from a boat a certain length away from the shore. You can charter a boat, rent one, use one you have, borrow one, and so on. The coast guard can give you the details on any other rules you need to know.

Stock The Boat

Once you have a boat ready and a day is chosen, you will want to stock the boat with the necessary items. You might be just going for a quick trip out to scatter your loved one and back. But it’s still wise to have some items on hand. Pack whatever for everyone and perhaps a few snacks. You could take some motion sickness medication in case anyone is bothered by the rocking motion. And a general first aid kit is always a good idea.

Think Through The Ceremony

You don’t want to get out in the boat with the ashes and your close family and realize you have nothing else in mind. Think about the ceremony you want to have. Do you want everyone to share a memory? Is there a poem you would like to read or a song you would like to play? Is everyone going to scatter a little ash or is one person going to do the job alone while others watch? It’s important to form the ceremony in your mind so you can ensure that you get in everything you want to do when the time comes.

There are lots of other places you can lay your loved one to rest, but if you choose an ocean scattering, the professionals can help you get things set up and thought through. When you get cremation services in Lake Helen, FL from Baldauff Family Funeral Home and Crematory, we are here for much more than just the cremation process itself. We can give you advice on scatterings, hold memorial services for you, offer advice and suggestions for anything along the way and much more. You can even come back to us in the future if you or a loved one needs grief resources of some kind. We’re here for whatever kind of support you need and we will always offer out compassion no matter what your circumstances might be including.

Treating Cremation Services With Traditions

Even though cremation services in Daytona Beach, FL have been around for thousands of years, some people still feel like they are new, or non-traditional. If you are having cremation services for a loved one, or if you are planning cremation for yourself in advance, there are lots of traditional things you can do around the cremation to make your family feel good about the ceremony involved in the process. Here are a few ways to infuse traditions into cremation.

Go With A Full Cremation

While the cremation process is the same no matter what, the timing of it can be moved around a bit. Direct cremation happens soon after death without any services beforehand. If you want some traditions included, you could go with a full cremation, which means there would be a visitation and funeral service beforehand, followed by cremation later. This, in a way, is the best of both worlds. Family gets the traditional services they might feel they need and the individual gets cremated after. The family can move forward with a burial, scattering, or another final resting place option.

Have A Traditional Memorial

If you prefer to go with direct cremation because of costs or any other reason, there are still things you can do to put traditions into the experience. You could, for example, arrange a memorial service after the cremation that has lots of traditions included. Memorial services can be whatever you want them to be, which means they can even feel like a funeral if you want. They can follow the same course of action and have similar songs, a eulogy, readings, and so on. The only difference would be the absence of the casket, in this case.

Have A Burial

While cremation opens the options for final resting places, the traditional route would likely be burial in a cemetery. Cremation plots are much smaller than standard burial plots, but it gives family one location to gather when they want to think of that person, visit them, or see a memorial like a headstone for them. That burial might be the traditional part of the services you give to your family to make them feel good about the options chosen.

Cremation services in Daytona Beach, FL are becoming more and more the traditional route since they are used in half of the cases today. They are only rising in popularity and someday, it might feel like a burial and funeral is the non-traditional way to go. But if your family appreciates the ceremony involved with traditions, and you want to use some of them along with cremation, there are certainly ways to make that happen. Contact the professionals at Baldauff Family Funeral Home and Crematory with any questions you have about cremation or the various traditions you could use along with it to comfort your family. We are here to ensure that your loved one (or you if you are planning in advance) gets just the right services to honor good memories.