Following a loved one’s cremation services in Indianapolis, IN, you’re going to need to decide what your family would like to do with their remains. You can bring the remains back home with you and put them out on display. You can also bury them in a cemetery or take them to a place that was special to your loved one and scatter them there. But your best option might be to put the remains into a niche in a columbarium. Here are some of the best reasons to take this approach.

Key Takeaways

• The main reason to put cremated remains in a columbarium is it will give your loved one a special resting place that you can visit from time to time to maintain your connection with them.
• Another reason is to keep them safe and be with the remains of other family members. You might have other family members already placed in a columbarium, so why not keep the tradition going and put your loved one’s remains together in one place.

It’ll keep them safe. 

If you choose to take a loved one’s remains home with you, it’s going to be your job to work on keeping them safe. Fortunately, it shouldn’t be too difficult to do this. But there is always going to be a small chance that the remains could get destroyed if a fire occurs in your house. They could also get stolen if your house is ever broken into and robbed. By sticking a loved one’s remains into a columbarium instead, you’ll make sure that they stay safe for years to come without having to put any effort into protecting them.

It’ll give you a good place to visit them. 

You and your family members might want to go and visit your loved one’s remains from time to time to maintain your connection with them after their Indianapolis, IN cremation. By putting their remains into a columbarium, you’ll provide your whole family with a place to go and see the remains. Technically, they could also visit the remains if you were to keep them in your home. But it won’t always be convenient for you or for them to visit the remains. You would be better off placing the remains into a columbarium if you suspect your family will want to visit them on a regular basis. 

It’ll open up the opportunity to create a permanent memorial. 

Do you and your family like the idea of creating a permanent memorial for your loved one? This really isn’t going to be an option if you bring their remains home with you or if you choose to scatter them somewhere. It’ll only be an option if you decide to either bury the remains in the ground at a cemetery or if you settle on storing them in a columbarium. And storing the remains in a columbarium is definitely going to be the more cost-effective option for you in the end. 

It’ll keep a loved one’s remains with the remains of other loved ones. 

If your family already has some family members buried in a specific cemetery, you might want to keep this trend going by having your loved one’s remains join them. You can make this possible by putting the remains into a columbarium in the same cemetery. This way, it won’t matter if your loved ones are buried or cremated in the future. Their remains can still all end up in the same place. 

Our funeral home has been conducting Indianapolis, IN cremations for a long time. We can utilize our experience to help your family plan cremation services for a loved one. We can also use it to help your family decide what to do with a loved one’s remains. Give us a call today for all your family’s important cremation needs.