Deciding a green burial for someone else

Arizona

If you end up with someone’s ashes and they haven’t said what to do with them, what comes next? You don’t expect something like this to happen but the truth is that it does happen. Do they live forever on your mantle? If you get tired of them in your house, do you pass them around like a Xmas fruitcake each year? How about just putting uncle Harry in the backyard garden.

Sometimes a friend or relative will decide to be cremated when they die but only express vague references to a good view, somewhere nice, or tell you to decide what is appropriate. So if this happens to you, where do you turn? How do you decide what is right and respectful of their wishes? Are you ready to take on this task or do you put it off until tomorrow?

Well, here at Pyrefyre, we have some suggestions to help you decide where their final resting spot will be. You have a lot of options in what you decide to do. Some are virtually cost free while others will be a sizeable expense. So task number one is to look at your budget. The least expensive scattering is done at public places where it doesn’t cost except the transportation to get there. You can even make a vacation out of it. If you plan on flying to the destination, have a look at our information on problems you might incur due to security restriction.

Task number two is to determine some aspects of your friend or relative’s life that you think would help you decide which place to put them. Were they an avid outdoor person, fisherman, hiker, loved a particular sports team, pilot, loved animals, etc. You get the idea. Try to form a image of them that represents their passion in life. You can then check this against the list of suggested scatterings we have here. If you can’t figure out a place you would like to scatter them. You can look into a more expensive option which is to place their urn in a memorial park or green burial site.

Give it some thought and pick a nice ending for them that allows them to go out in style.