{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-07T03:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/burial-or-cremation-questions-to-help-you-decide\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T03:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:46:40","slug":"burial-or-cremation-questions-to-help-you-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/burial-or-cremation-questions-to-help-you-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Burial or cremation: questions to help you decide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some people leave clear wishes. Many do not, and the family has to decide. Neither burial nor cremation is better; each can be part of a religious, non-religious or very simple goodbye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions to talk through<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Did your person ever say what they wanted, or write it down?<\/li>\n\n<li>Does your faith or family tradition have a custom you want to follow?<\/li>\n\n<li>Would you like a place to visit, such as a grave or a memorial stone? Ashes can also be buried or placed in a memorial garden.<\/li>\n\n<li>Do you want a service with your person present, or a memorial gathering later?<\/li>\n\n<li>What fits your budget? Ask for an itemised price list so you can compare like with like.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You can combine choices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A funeral service can be followed by burial or by cremation. A direct cremation can be followed weeks later by a memorial gathering. Ashes can be kept, scattered where the law allows, or buried. A funeral director can explain the options and the costs without pressing you to choose more than you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no right answer, only the one that fits your person and your family. These questions can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-remembra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}