The Last Track

Types of Funerals: Explaining Different Services Involving Cremation

Brian Season 17 Episode 2

In this podcast trilogy, Brian goes over different types of funeral services. For this episode, Brian talks about types of services involving cremation. He defines what a direct cremation is, a memorial versus a funeral,  and visitation and viewing. It also talks about holding a celebration of life, a traditional funeral and how to have a viewing for a person being cremated. At the end, Brian covers alkaline hydrolysis, commonly referred to as aquamation, and compares it to cremation services.

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