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Cremation Services

If your family has chosen cremation, we offer affordable services that help celebrate the life of your loved one while giving you several options for a public gathering, and a final resting place.


When you’re considering Cremation, there are some very important decisions to be made and your choices will include some important differences. At Monarch Cremation Society, our crematory is on-site. Your loved one will not be transferred from one facility to another. Once we’re entrusted to the care of your loved one, they will remain here in the security and sanctity of our space until final disposition and the urn containing their remains will be delivered to your family, a place of worship, memorial or location requested by family.

Religious Customs, Rites and Rules

Protestant Churches were the first to approve cremation. Their rationale was that “God can resurrect a bowl of ashes just as conveniently as He can resurrect a bowl of dust” The development and building of modern crematoria in Protestant countries occurred in the 1870s.

The Roman Catholic Church lifted its ban on cremations in the 1960s. In 1997, the church specified a requirement for the reverent disposition of ashes; to be buried or to be entombed in an appropriate container, such as an urn.

We perform Hindu Faith Cremations following the Pooja Service rites.

Religions permitting Cremation: Asatru, Buddism, Christianity- (Baptist Church, Calvinism, Church of England, Church of Ireland, Church of Scotland, Church in Wales, Lutheranism, Methodism, Morovian Church, Roman Catholicism, Salvation Army, Scottish Episcopal Church), Christian Science, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hare Krishna, Hinduism- (mandatory except for sanyasis, i.e., monks and children under five), Jainism, Jehovah Witnesses, Liberal Judaism, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Sikh, Society of Friends- (Quakers), Unitarian Universalism.

Eco-Friendly

Cremation CasketAccording to statistics, cremation is continuing to grow in its popularity. Since the 1960s, the number of individuals using cremation has increased annually. The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) said that cremation was the choice for approximately 39% of Americans in 2009. According to CANA, that number was likely to increase to 46% by 2015 and approach 60% by 2025. Cremation continues to be a widespread choice made by American, and a predominant reason is because it is more eco-friendly.

Going Green has become a popular phrase over the past decade or so. More and more people have become concerned about the environment and are striving to take greater measures in protecting it. In the twenty-first century, many people are choosing earth-friendly cremation products.

Traditional Funeral Service followed by Cremation

Many families find meaning and beauty in a traditional funeral service. With a traditional service combined with cremation, you can still choose to have a final viewing, visitation or wake, and a funeral service. However instead of in-ground burial, the funeral will be followed by cremation. Depending on your wishes, the cremated remains may be either returned to your family for storage in an urn, scattered, or interred in a columbarium. This option will include fees for the funeral services as well as the fees associated with the cremation itself.

Memorial Service

The memorial service can be held in our chapel, a church, or any other venue the family chooses. We work with our families to design a service that honors their loved one with stories, music, or scripture. We also have life celebrants that lead services where clergy may not be chosen. Our celebrants are trained in creating experiences that help start the healing process.

Graveside Service

A graveside or committal service is typically held immediately following the funeral service but it can also be a small intimate gathering of those closest to you.

Permanent memorialization

Keeping an Urn at Home

This is a common choice and families can select the perfect urn for their loved one.

Placing the Urn in a Columbarium (aka, a “niche”)

Many families find comfort in having a final resting place that they can visit.

Burying the Urn

Similar to a casket, the in-ground burial of the urn allows for a final resting place.

Scattering of the Cremated Remains

Some families find comfort scattering the cremated remains in a place that was special to their loved one.

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