The
fire funeral
The
cremation of a body requires a declaration from the deceased during his
or her
lifetime or
a declaration from his or her relatives. The body will be cremated
in a crematory where the remains and ash are filled into an
ash-capsule. Before
the cremation, the deceased will be dressed and embedded into a coffin
which
will then be burned. You may choose the clothes for the deceased
yourself from
the ones he or she liked to wear during his or her lifetime or decide
on funeral
garments from the funeral home’s supply.
In order to
confirm the identity of the deceased and prevent mistakes, a medical
officer
will perform a second post mortem examination before the cremation and
the
deceased will be ‘labelled’ with his personal data.
After the
cremation, the remains are filled into the ash-capsule and a
non-corroding
firebrick is added which contains the cremation number. The lid of the
ash-capsule shows the name of the crematory, the name, date of birth,
date of
death and the identification number of the deceased.
An
ash-capsule may be interred with or without an urn.
