Cremation Options

As cremation has become a more popular option, we at Worcester County Memorial Park have expanded the options we offer:

  • Ground burial is still the most popular choice of families and we have addressed this by allowing up to four cremains to go into each grave. This saves money and space where one grave can now be used for a family.
  • Existing graves with previous burials can now also be used for cremation burial on top *with proper authorizations* We have new options for low-cost markers and changing existing markers.  Children and grandchildren can now not be left alone and go in with their parents or parents creating a lasting connection and memory.

Existing markers can be replaced with new lower cost options.  Preserving the choices made by the original lot owners.  The new marker shares the original design and incorporates the lasting legacy and love of the bond they shared.

  • If ground burial isn’t preferred, we offer above ground Mausoleums that allow families to personalizing their niche with 1000’s of choices in emblems, and even portraits and cameos of their loves ones.
  • Families can now choose to bury all the cremains, keep some of the cremains and bury the rest, or in some cases bury mementos such as clothing or pictures of the deceased if the remains were previously scattered.

    People are choosing cremation for a variety of reasons.  Saving money, saving land space, wanting to hold onto the cremains for a bit.  But the worst reason is to say it and leave the burden on your family to figure out.  The thought we constantly hear is just cremate me and throw me in the woods.  The reality is that approach just moves the responsibility to someone else to deal with.  There is nothing wrong with cremation, or scattering, or holding onto the cremains, but keep in mind that responsibility becomes the ones you leave that to. Most cremations are kept by a spouse or child.  Not then passed onto a grandchild, niece/nephew, or friend.  We can say we will throw our partner or our parents in the ocean, but we never hear that from a parent, grandchild, or other family member.

 

 

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