Memorials, whether formal or informal, are a way for us to psychologically attach our visualization of the deceased to a particular place or thing. This can help us grieve, because it gives us a place to visit where we can spend quiet time remembering the departed.

Cremation memorialization can be formal or informal, or even both by dividing the cremains in a process called “apportionment”.

Formal memorialization can consist of:

• placing the inurned cremains into a niche in a columbarium
• burying the cremains in a cemetery, with a memorial plaque over them
• scattering the cremains in a cremation garden., with a memorial plaque nearby
• wearing or displaying a "pinch" of cremains in apportionment jewelry

Informal memorialization can consist of:

• donations to a favorite charity
• planting a tree

Your chosen funeral home or cemetery should be able to advise you of the many ways you can memorialize the person who has died.

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