What Is Possible For My Body After Death?

One of the most sacred aspects of working with hospice and making end-of-life plans is the ability to choose what happens to your body – and how – after you die. It’s worth considering that our grandparents and great-grandparents were not usually whisked away by strangers from a mortuary and then processed before burial or cremation. 

Instead, they were typically “laid in state” for some time (often three days or so), so family and friends had a chance to experience the finality of their death and have an opportunity to pay their respects. Even in the modern era, there are many possibilities for what happens to your body after you die – beyond the most common mortuary-cemetary/cremation routes.

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