Cremation allows families more time to plan a memorial service by taking away the time constraints associated with a burial. That extra time allows for a “no rush” approach to planning a service.

The second most popular reason people in America are choosing cremation — it preserves the land and limits their carbon footprint after death (Funeral Consumers Alliance)

41% of Americans live in a state in which they were not born. (source: CEO of Funeralocity) Because of the increased mobility in our society, people are choosing an option that doesn’t tie them down to a specific cemetery or location where their family may not be in the future. People are on the move – migrating to new cities for retirement, living longer in these cities and considering them as their “new home,” and therefore, in many situations, not requesting their body be “repatriated” to their birth city. Cremation allows the deceased to be flexible to move with a loved one when they relocate.

People are living on average into their mid-eighty's and are choosing cremation for themselves.

Cremation is cost less than a traditional burial service. The average cremation price at funeral homes in the greater Austin area is $2,306.

Cremation opens endless opportunities for families to incorporate customization into remembering their loved one. Families can have custom-made urns, create a diamond using their loved ones ashes as a carbon source, turn created remains into remembrance stones that can be held or scatterd, grow a tree, or even launch their ashes over the ocean or into space. Refer to this article to see the ways families are using cremated ashes to remember their loved ones uniquely.

There is a shift in culture toward secularism and creating new traditions regarding burial.

Most religions are now supporting cremation as an approved option for burial. For example, the Catholic Church now recognizes cremation as an appropriate burial option. See the Vatican’s instructions.