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Contrary to what most people believe, cremation does not limit one's choices. The choice of cremation does not eliminate a funeral service. A funeral service followed by cremation does not need to be any different than a traditional funeral service. Following the funeral service and cremation, your loved one may be placed in an urn before being committed to a final resting place. The cremation urn may be interred in an existing or new family burial plot, interred in a niche, or placed in a cemetery columbarium.

For many people, it is important to have a permanent place to go to visit. This allows family and friends the ability to remember and celebrate a life that has been lived and that has touched others.

Cremation does not limit, but in fact increases the options available. The options for ceremonies prior to or following the cremation can include the selection of a casket or an urn, visitation with the body present (or memorial visitation where the urn is the focal point), a display of photographs or personal effects and awards, the location of the funeral ceremony and selection of music.

Every family is different, and not everyone wants the same type of funeral. Our caring staff here at the Ottawa Funeral Home will provide you and your family a meaningful, personalized, and respectful funeral. Funeral practices are influenced by religious and cultural traditions, costs and personal preferences. These factors help determine whether the funeral will be elaborate or simple, public or private, religious or secular, and where it will be held. They also influence if there will be a visitation, and if so, whether the casket will be open or closed, and if your loved one will be buried or cremated.

This type of funeral usually includes a visitation and formal funeral service, use of a funeral coach to transport the body to their final resting place. In addition to the funeral home's basic services fee, costs often include embalming and dressing the body; visitation and or funeral service; and use of our vehicle to transport the family. The costs of a cemetery plot, crypt, vault, and other funeral goods and services also must be factored in.

The body is buried shortly after death. No visitation is involved, therefore embalming may not be necessary. A memorial service may be held at the funeral home or graveside. Costs include the funeral home's basic services fee, as well as transportation and care of your loved one. The cost of a cemetery plot, crypt, vault, and other funeral goods and services must be factored in.

The body is cremated shortly after death, without embalming. A memorial service may be held, with or without your cremated loved one present. They can be kept in the home, placed in a niche, or buried at a cemetery. Costs include the funeral home's basic services fee, as well as transportation and care of the body. The crematorium will be an additional expense.