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Outdoor Cremation

Bob — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:52:34 +0000

A small community in Colorado allows open outdoor cremations for anyone in the local area, regardless of religious affiliation.

CEOLP's Cremation site at Dragon Mountain Zen Center. Image used with permission of CEOLP.

Founded in 2006, the Crestone End of Life Project grew out of a desire to respond to changing demographics in the area. Open-air cremations were held as early as 1998, but as the community changed, legal and environmental questions arose, and interested parties came together to form the CEOLP. A local temple donated property; the group enclosed it with a privacy fence and built a permanent pyre, holding their first cremation there in January 2008.

This Washington Post article talks about the group and interviews one family who held a recent service.

CEOLP isn’t just about outdoor cremations. Their philosophy includes informed end-of-life choices as well as consumer and family rights and ecological considerations in the funeral process. The green drive in the funeral industry continues to grow, and alternative burial options will always have a place in our society. I suspect organizations like CEOLP will grow and thrive as the normal generational shift occurs in the country in general and the funeral industry specifically.

Crematorium Planned in Missouri

Bob — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:08:22 +0000

Waynesville, MO, southwest of St Louis, may be getting a crematorium. Waynesville Memorial Chapel plans to install a crematory if City Council affirms the zoning recommendation Thursday evening. The city Planning and Zoning Commission approved the application Tuesday evening.

Affected residents had several questions about the facility and how it might affect property values, but most seemed satisfied with the answers from owner Randy Walters.

Wikipedia has a good entry on cremation.

Tri-State 2?

Bob — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:25:41 +0000

The owner of Seepe Funeral Home & Crematory, in Jackson, MS, is under investigation for desecration of a corpse. At least two former employees have come forward with evidence that Mark Seepe had given cremains to one family before their family member was cremated, as well as photos of bones from multiple cremations mixed together.