The traditional memorial is still available to those who place a loved one’s cremated body in a grave.  While single graves create some special limitations, memorials can be crafted to stay within the space.  For multiple names on that single plot, moving to a vertically oriented memorial solves the space restriction, while providing the same amount of space to engrave that a traditional horizontally oriented memorial provides.  This simple modification allows a family the opportunity to create a Lasting Vision of Love that looks like a traditional memorial.  These traditional memorials can even be produced with core holes to allow for the cremated body to be placed up into the granite tablet instead of in the ground. This is a form of inurnment.

For families who prefer to inurn, placing the body in an above ground niche, there are still options for a private memorial on a gravesite.  One of the most popular memorials for above ground inurnment is the private columbarium.  These units can hold 2 to 6 urns and still fit on a single grave space.  These columbaria often incorporate a space for a flower vase, allowing for decoration.  Having this unit sitting at the head of a traditional grave space allows a future casket burial in that same space if another family member chooses this option.  Most cemeteries would allow the buried body to be memorialized with a marker at the foot of the grave.  This provides families with a lot of flexibility, especially if various members choose multiple burial options.

Other folks choose to take their cremated loved one home.  For those choosing this option, natural boulders with core hole spaces can be placed in a back yard garden.  Should the family choose to eventually move this memorial to a traditional cemetery, these boulders often fit the regulations of cemeteries and are relatively simple to move. These options are designed to illustrate the fact that many memorial choices exist if a person chooses to cremate.