Memorial Urns
This post was written by Mrs. Blog It AllAugust 29th, 2008
People want a friendly person to help them select a memorial when they lose a loved one. The best service that can be provided to customers is to run a business with integrity and compassion. Memorials Urns helps thousands of families save money at their time of loss. Offering the same products found at the funeral homes, pet hospitals, or cremation society at a 50-80% discount.
Memorial Urns is a trusted internet merchant and a member of the Better Business Bureau with McAfee secure online service. They have succeeded where others have failed by providing unwavering customer service. Part of that service is their ability to develop relationships with trusted craftsmen, artisans, and manufacturers. They work hard everyday to guarantee your satisfaction by providing high quality memorials and cremation urns at great prices.
If you see a better price within 30 days on a memorial or cremation urn they carry, tell them about it and they will beat their price by 110%. They also have a no-hassle return policy which is one of the best in the industry. If you do not like it for any reason, return it within 10 days.
Most of their products can even be engraved at a very reasonable price. The prices for engraving are found on each product detail page. Just click on the product you want to purchase. The turn-around time is generally 48 hours and their cultured marble urns can be engraved in 24 hours.
They can even do lines of inscription plus name and date on most items where there is space for engraving. Generally, each line is priced at roughly 25 characters per line. Cremation jewelry items have limited space for engraving.
But what is the best way to choose an urn for loved one? The best way to determine the cubic inch size (capacity) of the urn would be to ask the crematorium about the amount of cubic inches of cremains you can expect when the cremation process is complete.
The amount of cremains can be hard to determine because of many variables such as skeletal size, how long the cremains are in the cremation chamber, and the amount of processing that is done to the cremains. This is why the crematoriums are the best ones to know what size urn you need because only they know the amount of cremains that are produced using their processes.
There is a standard for adult urns. We tend to follow the guidelines set by the Cremation Association for North America (CANA). Their standard for an adult urn is 200 cubic inches. In many cases, this can be off by 10-20% in either direction depending on many factors. The industry standard for rough estimates is 1 cubic inch of space for every 1 pound of healthy bodyweight. This industry standard should only be used as an approximate size required.
Only the crematory can know how much cremains you will have, so ask. It is recommend that if you plan to keep all of the cremains, that you purchase an urn larger in size than you are told you need to make sure you have enough room.
If you plan to spread some of the cremains in a special place of your beloved family member or pet, than the size of the cremation urn is less critical and you can follow the industry standard of 1 cubic inch of space for every 1 pound of healthy weight. If you then have more cremains than the urn you purchased can hold, you can then spread them in your beloved ones special place.
Companion or double urns are designed to hold the ashes of two or more people or animals. Keepsake urns can hold a small amount of ash, funeral flowers, sacred ground, etc.
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