Cremation & memorials for ashes

[mdurette]

I was watching an old Dateline episode the other night and at the end they had the family of the deceased at a cemetery that overlooked a lovely pond. The ashes were placed in what I can describe only as a memorial wall. It had small compartments with a small engraved name plate. I have never seen one of these before, but think the idea is a good one. Are these common in other parts of the states?

 

[DaveNV]

Sure are. At Forest Lawn in Hollywood, cremains are placed in crypts like that. Some movie stars ashes are there. No cemetery plot required.

From Google: “A columbarium is a wall, room, or building with niches that store cremation urns. Similar in purpose to a mausoleum (which holds non-cremated remains), the columbarium is a sacred final resting place and should be treated with the same respect.”

Dave

 

[pedro47]

DaveNV, has a new avatar. Welcome to Mesquite.

 

[dsmrp]

The National Cemetery of the Pacific, aka Punchbowl, in Honolulu has multiple columbaria around in the inner perimeter of the crater. They are creatively creating a few new ground burial spaces, but predominantly the services are for interments in the columbarias.

My mother was interred earlier this year, and we estimated the newest columbaria structure could hold at least 20x or more than std plots.

 

[Passepartout]

There are 'remembrance walls' in the local cemetary. I've requested that my ashes be scattered on Nat'l forest land. Visiting graves is just not a 'thing' for those I'll leave behind.

 

[dago]

Both of my parents ashes are in a crypt @ Arlington National

 

[geist1223]

Both of Patti's parents were WWII Veterans and their Ashes are in a Columbarian at Arlington National Cemetery. Long story but they are in separate locations.

 

[Talent312]

On the topic of cremation...
At our church, you can have the ashes put in a small hole in ground in the memorial garden. At one such service, the minister poured half the ashes in the hole and handed rest to the widow to take with. She said, "I'm going to send half to his brother in Wisconsin, so we can both visit him."
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[Brett]

Both of my parents ashes are in a crypt @ Arlington National

my parents ashes are in the Arlington National Columbarium

 

[x3 skier]

My wife’s ashes are in our niche. I’ll join her later. There are several similar locations in the cemetery.

Cheers

 

[Patri]

I was in a church recently that had a columbarium. I was surprised. It was a dignified room.

 

[b2bailey]

On the topic of cremation...
At our church, you can have the ashes put in a small hole in ground in the memorial garden. At one such service, the minister poured half the ashes in the hole and handed rest to the widow to take with. She said, "I'm going to send half to his brother in Wisconsin, so we can both visit him."
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My mother and brother were both 'interred' in a wall at mother's church.
Later, church went bankrupt. Ashes were transferred to a local place -- which happened to be where her brother is buried. Thankfully all was accomplished without my needing to be involved.

 

[stmartinfan]

Our church has installed two columbarium units in a nicely landscaped area on the grounds. Each is about the size of a shipping container, with spaces with nice stone facings on both sides, which are engraved when the deceased's urn is placed in their niche. What's interesting to me is that the units can simply be lifted with a crane and placed on a trailer to move, should the church ever relocate.