Pure Cremation is body disposal right?

And you presumably also don’t need to pay for a coffin because a coffin is obviously needed if you’re having a service but not otherwise.

My recently deceased Uncle did not want a funeral. Some of his body has gone to London for medical research, as per his request, and the rest is being cremated without a service. His next of kin will receive the ashes to do as they wish with them.

I haven’t looked into it but from memory seeing the adverts on tv yes, I think it’s a cremation without a service.

I think the ads are misleading. It sounds like a no-frills funeral but they just dispose of the body. There's no ceremony of saying goodbye to the person in their physical presence. So unless you come from a culture where there is a wake at home with the coffin first, I imagine it could leave you feeling unresolved. I had a beloved relative that went for this, and paid for everyone to go to the pub. But there was no ceremony, no speeches. No one knew what to do or say. Whereas for my dad's funeral, the chance to choose his favourite music, show slides of him through the ages, have people come up and give speeches about him, all in front of his coffin, which was decorated with his favourite flowers - that was very healing.

My Grandad died a few weeks ago and had this. He was 96 with Alzheimers, and neither of his daughters could be fussed with a funeral. It would just be family there and maybe a couple of carehome workers, everyone else he knew and cared about had pre-deceased him years ago.

We've got his ashes and we're going to do something to mark his life at some point early next year, no need for the formality of a funeral.

My Dad wants the same thing when he goes, doesn't want the formality of a funeral, would prefer we all just went and had a party in his local with the money we'd have wasted on a funeral put behind the bar.

To be honest, I'd probably want the same thing, but I know DP would want a proper funeral for me, and seeing as she'll be there and I won't I'll defer to her.

My mum wanted this, so it’s what we did. You still get the ashes. It’s just a cremation with no one there. So no service, no one attends, they get cremated with no one there and you get sent the ashes afterwards.

It’s what it says in the tin surely? A direct cremation with none of the faff around it. You get the ashes of the person back if you want them.

Even if it was a body disposal service, what’s wrong with that if that’s what someone has chosen?

Yeah I think so - it's just the cremation, I don't think you attend. Have you asked FIL if he would like you do to something in lieu of a funeral - have a family/friends gathering or something?

Well, loved ones can still have the ashes afterwards I think. So it’s the same as any other cremation, just without a coffin and a service. That’s my understanding anyway.