Cremation
http://www.cremationurns.net/Benefits-of-Cremation-information.php
---"In Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and others, the cremation rate is more than 50 percent."
---"A 2005 memorial industry study randomly surveyed 371 people who planned to be cremated and asked their reasons for their choice. We examine the top five reasons below."
-----"Saves Money (30 percent of those surveyed)"
-------"Cremation certainly can be less expensive than traditional burial. The cremation process itself can cost as little as $2,000 and beautiful urns can be found for less than $100. Grand total – as little as $2,100."
-------"A traditional burial, meanwhile, requires a casket (at least $1,500), a burial plot (at least $1,000) and a headstone (at least $700). Grand total – at least $3,200. And this total does not include the cost of a funeral service which is, more or less, mandatory for traditional burials but optional for cremations."
---"Saves Land (13 percent of those surveyed)"
---"Simpler (8 percent of those surveyed)"
-----"they don't require an elaborate funeral"
---"Body Not in Earth (6 percent of those surveyed)"
-----"For many people, the idea of a body slowly decomposing underground in a casket is undignified and even frightening. Cremation’s quick and clean disposal of a body is comforting to these people."
---"Preference (6 percent of those surveyed)"
-----some people don't know why, it's just what they want because they want it.
http://funeral-tips.com/what-are-the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-choosing-cremation-with-services/
---can still have viewing or memorial service before cremation for grieving process
---saves money (casket, gravesite, cemetery fee, and headstone cost)
---"more environmentally-friendly option because no land is disturbed for burial purposes."
---"Another benefit of cremation is that it provides portability of cremains. If surviving family members move away, they can easily take...