Cremation and Memorialization

Talk To Your Funeral Director Cremation Cremation is the preferred means When cremation is your choice, working and emorialization of final disposition for an ever growing M with a licensed funeral director will number of people provide assurance that the deceased is The Lexington Cemetery The Lexington Crematory was the first professionally cared for from the time a body cremation facility to serve both Central is received and properly identified through and Eastern Kentucky. Always changing the cremation process and until the remains with the times, since 1848, The Lexington are delivered to the family. Cemetery expanded its crematory and Your licensed funeral director is required added many final resting places for by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to: cremated remains. - transport the deceased to the crematory - provide proof of proper identification A beautifully decorated chapel offers a - complete all legal documentations prior welcoming presence and a place of comfort to cremation. to family and friends during the cremation “ If you wish to have a service prior to or The final resting place process to fulfill religious obligations. following the cremation, your licensed for cremated remains on funeral director can assist with arrangements cemetery grounds provides for visitation, funeral or graveside services a permanent location for as well as memorialization in the historic com- current family and friends munity burial grounds and national arbore- and future generations tum of The Lexington Cemetery. where they may visit, The Lexington Cemetery Crematory is remember and commemorate licensed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky a unique individual and and is certified by the Cremation Association the life they lived.”

of North America (CANA). – Mark Durbin Assistant General Manager, The Lexington Cemetery and Former Director, CANA

Grounds Open 8am-5pm Daily 833 West Main St. • 255-5522 • Office Open 8am-4pm M-F, 8-Noon Sat. Website: www.lexcem.org If cremation precedes any services, the cremat- Main Office Building Niche Benches ed remains are usually placed in an urn that will Niche Room For those who be in a place of prominence during memorial Another columbarium niche prefer a natural services. This urn with cremated remains is then taken room can be found in the outdoor loca- to its final resting place. lower level of the Main Office tion as a per- Just as important as the funeral is a permanent Building. manent resting place of memorialization. Every year thousands Columbarium niches are avail- place, another of descendants from around the world visit this able in glass, bronze or marble. option is a cemetery doing genealogical research to locate a niche bench. The benches are aesthetically pleasing distant relative from three or four generations ago and with locations available near lakes, gardens, surround- Scattering Garden to honor their memory with flowers. In future years, ing trees or other areas in the beautifully landscaped On The Lexington Cemetery grounds is a special descendants will visit the memorials of those interred, cemetery. garden for people to today and tomorrow. scatter the cremat- ed remains of their Urns loved one. There are Urns are receptacles into which cremated remains bronze plaques which are placed. The Lexington Cemetery offers many Memorialization After Cremation bear the names and kinds of urns that vary The cremation process is not an end unto itself. dates of the individu- in size, style and Regardless the order of events, a funeral visitation als who are scattered composition. Choice often and/or memorial service is important to acknowl- within the garden. depends on where the urn edge a death and allow the grieving process to begin. will eventually be locat- Not only the immediate family members, but close ed. The receptacles come Cremation Boulders relatives from out of town, friends and associates in many styles from a Cremation boulders come in unique designs experience the loss and wish to attend a gathering to traditional Grecian urn design to a symbol- resembling large rocks. These natural- remember their association with the deceased and The Lexington Mausoleum ic book shape. They are hand crafted from cast looking monuments are positioned in the midst of honor the memory of a person who was a meaningful Niche Rooms bronze, sheet bronze, marble, cultured marble and the beauty of garden part of their lives. In 2009, two new columbarium niche rooms pre-formed concrete for below ground placement. settings in the historic were added to the Lexington Mausoleum, Some urns are multi-chambered to accommodate the Prior to cremation, most families arrange a visitation national arboretum. providing additional niches and intimate remains of two individuals. and funeral ceremony, complete with the body of the chapel spaces for services. deceased in a casket. Following the services, the body is usually escorted to the crematory where the family may be present for the two to three hour process. Memorialization can follow at a family gravesite, in a columbarium niche room or scattering garden.