The Last Track

Types of Funerals: Explaining Different Services Involving Cremation

March 03, 2022 Brian Season 17 Episode 2
The Last Track
Types of Funerals: Explaining Different Services Involving Cremation
Show Notes

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.