No, you may contact the crematorium
directly and we will undertake all the funeral arrangements for a
cremation, memorial or burial service for you!
The deceased is kept in our mortuary
until the arrangements have been completed to comply with the legal
requirements.
The cause of death must be certified by
two independent medical practitioners and the medical referee,
assigned by the crematorium, can only give consent that the cremation
may take place after satisfying himself that :
The cause of death has been definitely
ascertained.
The cremation is not contrary to the
expressed wish of the deceased.
No foul play is suspected.
In the case of burial a medical referee
is not required.
Yes, in the interest of the family and for reasons of hygiene and because of the design of cremators, it is essential that a coffin must be used.
Normal operating temperature is between
950°
and 1050°C.
By
prior arrangement family members may be present when the coffin is
loaded into the cremator.
No
each body is cremated separately.
It
is the smoke of the burning coffin that collapses 5 to 10 minutes
after being placed in the incinerator. Once the coffin has burnt
away, no further smoke is visible.
Our
cremator is designed to only take one body at a time and very
stringent precautions are taken to ensure that no confusion arises.
The cremations take place numerically and the relatives can rest
assured that the correct ashes are handed over.
The
ashes are given to the family or relevant undertaker to hand over to
his client.
They
are mechanically processed which reduces them to fine particals and
placed in a marked container.
There
are many possibilities, the choice being entirely upon the relatives.
The most common methods are :
- Burying
the ashes in a family grave.
- Placing
it in an urn and then in a niche in the wall of remembrance.
- Scattering
by the relatives at a place of their own choice.
- Plant
a tree with the ashes under it.
Approximately
60 minutes.
Yes,
only coffins which are made of natural combustible material are
accepted. Coffins that are made of cardboard or any other artificial
material may damage the incinerator or may release toxic gases.
Definitely
not! Memorial stone prices cause the cost of burial to be
considerably higher than that of cremation. In addition the cost of
providing and maintaining burial grounds phenomenal and has to be
subsidised out of general rates.
No,
cremation is very hygienic and only expedites the natural process of
“ Ashes to ashes” and “dust to dust”.
