direct cremation
No-service body burning
Direct cremation is cremation without a preceding funeral service or viewing.
The body goes from place of death to crematorium with minimal ceremony, making it the least expensive disposition option.
Families may hold a memorial service later, with or without the ashes present.
They chose direct cremation and scattered his ashes at sea the following spring.
- ashesBurned matter's residue
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- funeralService honoring the dead
- remainsContinues in place
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
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direct cremationstate funeral
Official ceremony honoring deceased leader
funeral mass · lying in state · jazz funeral · memorial service · celebration of life
direct cremationearth burial
Interring remains underground
interment · entombment · green burial · natural burial · sea burial
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