Cenotaph
A monument erected in honor of a person or group of people whose remains are located in a different location.
Committal Service
A service held at the gravesite before the body or urn is buried, or in the crematory chapel prior to cremation. The service provides those present with the opportunity to say their final good-byes just before the burial or cremation takes place.
Cremation Jewelry/ Art Glass
Jewelry or glass art designed to hold a small amount of cremated remains or lock of hair.
Interment
The placement of human remains in a ground plot or space.
Inurnment
The placement of cremated remains in an urn and placed in a niche, bench, crypt or ground plot. Other types of cremation products are also available.
Niche/ Columbarium
A space within a wall where an urn containing cremated remains is placed.
Memorial
A bronze marker on a granite base placed flush with the landscape to mark an interment or inurnment.
Monument
An upright granite or marble structure marking the placement of an interment or inurnment.
Pedestal
A four-sided personalized granite structure holding a carved sculpture and capable of holding 2 to 4 sets of cremated remains.
Prearrangement
Planning cemetery and funeral arrangements in advance of one’s death.
Private/Personal Family Estate
A mausoleum containing one to 16 crypts above ground and reserved for members of the same family.
Mausoleum