cremation

Cremation Services

Carleton Funeral Home has its own crematorium, which enables us to provide a seamless service at affordable pricing to all those wishing to include cremation as a part of their service. We can advise you with regard to your specific needs or requests, and can also offer a variety of urns for the containment of the cremated remains.


Because cremation is merely an option to earth burial, this does not mean that the other parts of the funeral service may not be traditional. For instance, you can still have a public or private visitation, a funeral service with the casket present and cremation occurring following the service, or a memorial service after the visitation period, with the urn present.

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Traditional Funeral Service followed by Cremation

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

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 who lead services where clergy may not be chosen. Our celebrants are trained to create experiences that help start the healing process.

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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

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Keeping an Urn

at Home

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

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Placing the Urn in a

 Columbarium (aka, a “niche”)

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