I have a friend who owns a cemetery and crematorium. I was walked through the entire process, from how bodies are stored/prepped, to metal scraps, to how they get the perfect texture for the ashes. I am still processing this visit, someone’s remains were in the process of cremation while I was there. I learned so much and although it was overwhelming, it was quite interesting.
Let me answer some of your morbid curiosity… Ask away!
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I’ve got my brother in a box. Surprisingly heavy. It’s not ashes is it? I’d guess bone
Do people who work in those types of places have a twisted sense of humour? I would think you would have to a little bit, or the job would be very depressing. Genuinely curious.
So is the process all automated, or is there a lot of manual work involved?
I heard they don’t hire men at these places a lot. Was it mostly women working?
Is it dangerous to share the room with a corpse ?
How did the incinerator room smell?
A strange question I’ve never been able to ask anyone before. I know that the “ovens” are separate from the ceremony part of the crematorium. But they have services booked back to back. How long does the actual cremation process take and are there multiple ovens being used at once?
Why? Was it just something you wanted?
Did your friend have a reverence for people’s remains more than the excitement of showing you how it all works?
Did they let you take some people home as a suvionier?
I hate to ask, but… what did it smell like?
Why can’t you come back if ypure cremated…ypud have to have a new body anyway…rotting skeletons can’t be revived
What happens to all of the metal like fillings rods and pins and screws and other devices that don’t burn.
Do people ever have body parts like from amputation or joint replacement. So they could keep it with the body for future disposal