{"id":10378,"date":"2020-08-14T14:49:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T19:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boinita.com\/is-a-funeral-home-really-necessary-if-a-family-member-dies\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:39:26","slug":"is-a-funeral-home-really-necessary-if-a-family-member-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boinita.com\/en\/is-a-funeral-home-really-necessary-if-a-family-member-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a funeral home really necessary if a family member dies?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you need a funeral home if a family member passes away?<\/h2>\n\n

In short, yes<\/strong>. We often hear this question from families who choose direct cremation for their loved ones. Perhaps there is still some attachment to the traditional idea of a funeral and the work of a funeral home: embalming<\/a>, carrying the coffin to the church and to the cemetery for burial<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n

So, since a direct or simple cremation does not involve any of these things, it makes sense to ask whether or not a funeral home is necessary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

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Cremation is a form of disposition<\/h3>\n\n

The key word is “readiness”. In the eyes of the law, cremation is considered a form of disposition like burial, perhaps even more so considering the fact that cremation is irreversible<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

Funeral homes are licensed to supervise the disposition of any person who has died. And they help with all governmental procedures.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

For the same reasons that a family cannot bury a loved one without a funeral home, neither can they take their loved one to the crematory without a funeral home. And as you can imagine, there is much more to the process than being present at the cremation. <\/p>\n\n

Your funeral home is responsible for: <\/p>\n\n