Cremation Service Container Ideas

If you decide to have cremation services in Charleston, IL for a loved one, you would choose a cremation provider and then look at the cremation packages. These packages have everything you have to have for the process. It’s good to know that even if you just choose a package, you will be able to give them everything they need. The packages even come with a simple container that will allow you to give them a resting place until you figure out a final resting place. However, you can add whatever you want to those packages and one thing many families add is some kind of container for their loved one’s remains. Here are some of the options:

Urns

Urns are the most popular and common option that people use for containers for a loved one’s remains. There are enough urn options that you can find one that functions well and looks nice for the right price. The price range varies quite a bit, but you can let the cremation provider know what budget you have in mind and they can help from there. You can also get an urn from other vendors and the cremation provider will still use it. They just want you to be able to honor your loved one in the best possible way, whatever that means to you.

Cremation Jewelry

Cremation jewelry can be a very special thing for your loved one’s remains. They take a small number of remains and you can place a bit of your loved one inside. You can get several of the cremation jewelry pieces and your loved one can be split up among various family members. These items can become very special and something you might even pass down through the generations.

Cookie Jars

If your loved one adored baking, or perhaps had a collection of cookie jars, it might feel fitting to use their favorite as their container. You can place it high on the cabinets in your own kitchen as a tribute to them. Or, you could add a new cookie jar that suits your kitchen and would still honor your loved one.

Fishing Box

Did your loved one have every lure imaginable? If they loved to fish, you want to honor that and perhaps placing their remains in a tackle box feels like right where they would want to be. You can place it in your home in a place of honor or take it out to the lake and scatter their ashes there, where you know they loved the atmosphere.

There are plenty of options when it comes to containers for your loved one’s remains after cremation services in Charleston, IL. If you’d like to hear more options, the professionals at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home are here to go over things they have seen used before and even new ideas that might suit your family and your loved one. The possibilities are endless and the professionals just want you to get what’s right for everyone to honor that special person.