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Choosing Cremation Over Burial

May 20, 2019 • Teri Vila-Caballero

When someone in your family passes away and you have to make the decisions as to what their final services will be like, it can be very hard to figure things out. If you didn’t know what they wanted, you have to guess and that’s never easy. The two main options are traditional burial and cremation in Coral Gables, FL. There are reasons to go one way over the other. If you are leaning toward cremation, there might be a number of factors at play. Here are a few to consider:

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Your Family Is Spread Out

If you want as many of your family members on hand to celebrate your loved one’s life and honor their memory, that can be hard to do last minute if you are organizing a Miami funeral. For cremation, however, you are able to put off the memorial service for as long as you want. It doesn’t have to be within a couple of days like a standard funeral. You can have it a week later, a month later, or whenever you want. That’s one of the benefits of cremation—there’s no set timeline for services.

Your Finances Are Tight

If you don’t have a lot of money to go toward final services for your loved one, or they didn’t leave much behind to cover it themselves, cremation is a good option to consider. Miami cremation is completely dignified and respectful and it allows you lots of different choices in terms of services. Cremation is always going to be less expensive than traditional burial because there are products and services burial requires that cremation doesn’t. For example, you need a casket and cemetery plot for a burial, which you don’t have to have for cremation at all. Those expenses, once removed, make the cremation process much cheaper.

You Want Options For Movement

Burial is nice for some families who want a concrete location to visit their loved one. However, some families are afraid they might move to a new location and would have to leave their loved one behind. Cremation is a better option for them because they can keep their loved one’s remains in an urn and take it with them wherever they go in the future.

If you see some of your circumstances within these situations, contact Ferdinand Funeral Homes & Crematory about Coral Gables, FL cremation options. You have plenty of choices to consider and you get to make all of the final decisions. The funeral home representatives would love to help you with whatever type of final service you want to have in honor of your loved one. Give us a call at (305) 631-0001 and we’ll answer your questions over the phone or set up a time when you can come in and talk to us. We can also help you in person at 2546 SW 8th St Miami, FL 33135 when you meet with our funeral director. We will show you compassion and your loved one respect, just as you both need during this hard time.

Teri Vila-Caballero

Teri Vila-Caballero

Teri Vila-Caballero is the Pre Need Director at Ferdinand Funeral Homes & Crematory. She joined the team in 2012 to fulfill her calling to serve our community.

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