When my husband was terminally ill, he wanted cremation upon his death. We went to a Crematory business and set it up. We paid for the cremation beforehand. Upon his passing the crematory was called, they picked up his body right away and took to crematory. It was about a week when I was called to pick up his cremated remains. It was a very professional and I was very pleased with the ease in which the entire process was transacted. Plan ahead.
We know a crematorium operator at a local cemetery. Our family is resting there. The operator received a call from a funeral director demanding a deceased cremated today before 7 pm. Unfortunately they only had one unit and was booked for two days. The funeral director started screaming to turn their unit to high heat. The operator hung up and called the government office that regulates crematorium. Explained what happen and was expecting his boss to demand a double cremation. Very illegal but he gets this order or be fired. While on the phone the boss raced over screaming you never say no. The government regulatory person heard the conversation. She was sending a law enforcement officer over immediately. No sure what happened but there was a large investigation.
My brother transitioned Easter Sunday. His wish was to be cremated. Thank you for this video, and I thought Josh did a great job. I have watched your videos several times Keri, you are very calming,and knowledgeable. 🌷🙏
I have the greatest respect for both of you for your straightforward approach to the 'end times' that you help all of us through. Personally I am an avid cemationist because of the sense of purification by fire. Whatever the method is, you handle the process with a careful profesionalism. That means everything to family and friends. Thanks.
Kari I have a question I have stage 4 cancer and my family wants to have 3 days of viewing before burial what is your take on the greener safer embalming fluids in this situation? Can I also requesting to have a lower index solution like a 18 index solution called Ming ? I know you don’t favor any chemical companies but what do you think about the lower index fluids will it give a softer more life like feel to the body?
Thank you both for sharing this!!! For one who used to be afraid of death, your expertise and information has lessened my fears quite a bit. Just like the facts of life, there are facts of death. Just another transition for all of us. !
Great informative video!! As an FD, I knew about the concept, but didn't have the luxury of time to stop and ask questions as YT viewers have. Cremation wasn't a huge thing during the 70's on the West Coast although coastal cities tended to lean towards this practice. It's more acceptable today than ever before across the U.S. Although hydrolysis appears to be a concept for many now, I believe it will pick up momentum within the next decade as electric cars. My hat's off to Josh. Being in front of a live camera is incredibly intimidating for a lot of folks. He nailed it.
Yes to a round 2, please. Tell Josh he came off as a natural. Totally enjoyed the dynamics the two of you have. I have a dog who is in treatment for lung cancer. She’s doing amazing but we know being 10 years old if the cancer returns she will not be able to survive the treatments and suffer. Please ask Josh if he would recommend that we preplan her cremation? Should we go through the funeral homes (they are all offering pet services now) or directly to a crematorium? Thank you both….again Josh looked like a natural.
Wish I was awake for this Livestream as you may remember I'm from Australia. Would love a part 2 this was so interesting and I agree Josh is ripped we all saw that when he moved that trolley 💯😂. All jokes aside tho it makes me feel more comfortable about death the more I learn. Always have thanks to you Kari for making me feel this way. Thankyou Josh for your input today. 💯👍👍
It’s so different in UK we ‘normally’ have wooden coffin and service at crematorium and then cremation is almost immediately after service. I believe that the cremation has to finish before it closes for evening. I like the idea of the cardboard box, maybe soon; remains are returned to funeral director asap.
@@KaritheMortician hi as an young termly ill guy I'm considering cremation option after i pass but unsure if they beable to cremate my body as I'm 7ft 2 tall and around 130lbs ??
Thank you both for such an informative video. Also, ( and this is probably tacky to the Nth degree on my part) but, to Josh, if you’re single… I’d love to hear more about you. Sorry, again, but what can I say? I’m still alive and I’m a strait forward woman!! LOL! Oh my gosh, ok. Now I’m actually about to hit the send button!! Please no one come for me! Especially if you were thinking the same thing yourselves!🤭🤭😉😉
Aquamation is legal in about 10 - 15 states, Pennsylvania just legalized it. States/politicians/ some funeral homes/ directors are against Aquamation for various reasons. You can have your remains transported to a state that does Aquamation, if you do this you need to contact a local funeral home, there will costs involved in doing this on top of the costs of the Aquamation....transportation to and from the funeral home doing the Aquamation, embalming costs ( some states require embalming prior to transportation). All paperwork, plus charges for funeral service ( veiwing prior to cremation), and other charges that may apply....
@@KaritheMortician Yes. Amen to that...If there were more uniform basic regulations for the funeral industry state to state it might be less hassle for the funeral homes/ director's.....This is the 21 st century......you know....
Im a Crematory Operator in the Los Angeles area , at our location I average 10 - 12 witness Cremations a week. Mainly for the Asian community. Before entering Crematory they hold prayer service, offerings and flower tribute.
Yes I heard that Crematory is pretty old. Our Crematory has been in operation since March of 1951 starting with cremation disc #1. We are currently at 87677 cremations since then. 💀🔥🔥
Great coverage in detail. Interesting! I choose to be cremated. What basic steps do I have to take? I want the simplest way to go. Nothing fancy. I need your help. Thank you. Your videos are both educational & informative.
In Minnesota there is a Funeral home that owns/ does Aquamation and cremation. The Bradshaw Funeral Home is licensed to do both....So it varies from state to state on combination of Funeral Home / and Aquamation.....
Thank you. Very helpful and reassuring to me as I have chosen and paid I advance for Pure Cremation. Seems deceased are treated with great respect. You both come over as consummate professionals. Thought you dealt with the odd rather personal questions with dignity and humour
I worked with a gal many years ago that as she got near the end was mentally not herself. She had three cats, and wanted the cats put down and buried with her. We just put a photo of the cats in the casket and another coworker adopted them. In her right mind she would have never asked for that.
I wish I caught this during the stream! I worked at a crematory last summer. Our retorts were SO old, they were not this fancy. Containers had to be pushed in manually and only one of our two machines had a motorized door, the other one was a manual door with the counter weights. I miss it and would be interested in returning.
@@KaritheMortician Awesome! During the covid lockdown I watched a lot of these after they were already recorded, could never catch it when it was happening (even with notifications turned on) then once I started actually working at a crematory I had no time to do anything🤣. It's on the bucket list!
Well done Josh and Kari! This format really works because Kari, you always have a good back-and-forth with your interviewees and also because the subject remains focused so this segment becomes a very good reference for the future. Josh, you did just fine, I never saw any stage fright. Really quite interesting.
I need to get my iPad back so it's my own name again lol. Janet from Wi and this video was very informative ! Thank you for all the videos and the time you put into them. Love them all especially when you have your coffee I have so much thinking of seeing if I can get them through an IV drip. Hopefully I can catch you live next time !
My girlfriend got to cremate her father. It took me about 3 months to wrap that around my head that she went to assist and learn the process. She got to put on a new t-shirt for her father. This particular crematorium does that for people. She got to use a long pole to do something inside? Not sure the terminology. Pulverize perhaps? I think it took her 3 hours.
In our cemetery, 1 casket and 2 urns or 4 urns or just a casket can be buried in each grave plot. Each cemetery has their own rules. If more than one person is buried in a cemetery plot, whoever purchases it has to sign paperwork stating who can be buried in it. ❤️❤️
Loading videos If there's a casket already buried in a plot and urn is putting it that's considered a part that has two people so no another casket or another urn cannot be in that plot
@@thaimays6933 The gentleman who runs our cemetery told me about what all can be in a cemetery plot. Each cemetery has their own rules. There is NO law stating how many urns or casket and urn(s) can be in a cemetery plot. If the cemetery where you live only lets a casket to be buried on a cemetery plot, that is that particular cemetery’s discretion. I think our cemetery’s rules are great!! I know 2 couples whose children were stillborn. They didn’t have money for cemetery plots so they were permitted to bury their children on the grandfathers’s plots. The grandfathers were still alive. A family of 4 I know died in a fire. The toddler was placed in the casket with his mother and buried and the young child was placed in the casket with his father and buried. Again, different cemeteries can have different rules. ❤️❤️
@@luciw9928 what I'm saying is if you have a plot for two people and you have two urns put into it a casket cannot go into it once the plot is taken up whether it's with two caskets a casket and a urn or two urns or whatever have you that's it so that's how it is now if you had a plot for four people you know then you know four people can go in there for urns for caskets to earn to caskets or whatever you want however you want to do it but some people think because you have a plot with two urns in it it was for two people you have two urns and it those are the two people so just because there's two urns and two urns a small they think they can put a casket inside there too no you can't do that
I really enjoy seeing you two together you make a beautiful couple and I hope you invite me to the wedding God bless you both you're good people I can tell
Don’t laugh or think I’m crazy ok…..I have a lot of hardware in my body. I have told my boys to grab my hardware take it to recycle & use that money towards lunch that day. Can the family have parts like that? Oops I hear this question was asked & answered! Such a great video.
I was trying to find the Cannon comment to reply directly but couldn't find it. I'm a historic reenactor and have done several services for other reenactors over the years. When it comes to shooting cremated remains out of anything, (cannons, muskets, pistols, etc.) that would be handled by the gun line/ who ever owns and is operating the cannons. Actual cannon balls are NOT fired! No projectile is being fired at all, ever; projectiles eventually have to hit something and cannon balls or musket balls hitting anything is the start of a bad day. Instead only blank charges are fired. This gives all the loud booms and fire without any of the property damage. For muskets and pistols these charges are grade 2 or grade 3 black powder (For cannons they're grade 1- this is a courser powder) and are hand wrapped in paper; anything from news paper to book pages. A lot of reenactors will scan pages of old books so that the text is on the charge. When these charges are being made and wrapped, that's when the cremated remains are mixed in with the powder. Because i have to say this at every demo; Please do not fire any black powder piece without the proper training! This is not a 'let buy a cannon and some powder online and see what happens' kinda deal. You can get seriously hurt and or die from mishandling black powder arms. Most historic reenactors already know people that do this so finding a group to handle it normally isn't hard if you're in the right circles but for non reenactors, a simple google search can find a group. Lots of Pirate groups, Civil and Revolutionary War, WWI&II groups do them. Another good way to find people is look up local reenactment events, pirate festivals etc, and seeing who is doing the black powder demo and checking in with them. As for making a literal cannonball out of cremated remains; I'm not sure how well the material will compact, it's not like cement, it would need a medium to keep everything together and I wouldn't recommend firing it as it may break apart when fired, then instead of having one large projectile, you'll have several slightly smaller but still decently sized projectiles. Just please don't fire actual things out of cannons!
@@KaritheMortician I am a bit haunted by leaving my mother alone before her wishes were granted! my faith supports me ! I am fine with where SHE actually is!! Thank you for responding!
My oldest son doesn’t want me to be cremated because of the fire. Aquamation he is comfortable with. Actually, Aquamation is more suiting for me because I am a Pisces. 🥰❤️
I agree with your son. My parents changed their mind and now want to be cremated. I’ve recently seen the Aquamation and prefer that option but those are my 2 fears. Fire and drowning. I know that’s not what will happen but the thought of it frightens me.
How long do you think it will be before the 'flameless', water/alkaline cremation becomes more popular? This is what I want for my body when my time is done.
@@KaritheMortician We watched your video on this so from that we know there's one in the Chicago area but yes, hoping it spreads to more facilities. I plan to be around for a good long time so hopefully by then... Milwaukee??? Madison??? Fingers crossed ;)
*Two very pleasant people for a very unpleasant subject... Well done. You almost look like brother and sister or cousins. Similar features, similar personality*
Hello Kari. My husband is cremated however he spent five days at the morgue and three more days at the funeral home. I’ve seen bodies at the funeral home as a floral designer on hold but they were embalmed. My question is was my husband bloated by the time he was cremated. It’s different when it’s a personal love.
I was wondering what exact course/classes you have to take in order to become an crematory operator. How long it took you? What degree you received? Basically what was the you planned before heading to college. I am currently 16 and I am intrested in becoming either a crematory operator or an embalmer once I graduate. It would be a great help to know some of your knowledge about the funeral service field. Hope you get to see my question and have a great rest of your day. 😁
So Kari you have the arrow and Josh has the bow on your arms, was that done on purpose? :-) What does it mean? Love it!! Thank you for an interesting chat. Would love a Round 2 with Josh.
If you do another video with him, I'm curious if he would ever cremate a loved one of his own or would that be too uncomfortable for him? This was interesting, thanks for sharing.
My mother had her leg removed up passed her knee in surgery in 20O7. We wanted to cremated it, but the doctor wouldn't let us have it to cremate. I think he was out of line. Family should have that choice. We could of put it with my mother when she died in 2009. Do you create large surgery parts.
My grandfather had his amputated leg buried in 1974. The doctor didn’t have a problem with it. Idk why your mother’s doctor had a problem with it. Sad. 😞
That's so sad ! I know some religion's that want the whole body together, be it a leg or any amputated parts, you could have the part cremated and stored till it needs to. be mingled with the rest of the body..
So if your mom's leg got cut off in 2007 and she passed in 2009 I mean who really knew she was even going to pass in 2009 so where were they going to keep the leg at I'm kind of a little confused I'm not trying to be smart but it's just a question
I love crematory stories! Keep ‘‘em coming! My mom was cremated in a fully loaded shitty diaper that she passed away in. I did a $1500 shake and bake direct deposit.
Missed another live one. But that's OK. My wife was cremated in 2018 by an agency in Morro Bay, CA; her wishes, not my side of the family's tradition. We have her ashes at home; is it still OK to have them interred after this time if we wished to? I understand CA law may differ from yours. Any help would be appreciated. I've been shy about asking this in a public chat anyway!
Not to sure if you'll see this question and I hope you can answer me. When you get your pet cremated how do you know for sure that your getting your pet back?
@@imahorseygal1 he enjoyed life up until the last couple of months. we had our disagreements and stuff. we did make it up to 32 years. I am glad i proposed to him. I will not say there is his body going straight to the potty and around and 'round he goes! i truly don't think i could deal with that. but asking on behalf of anybody else!
I was recently at a viewing and the body was on a stretcher with sheets covering the neck down to feet. The chest appeared bloated. Was there something to preserve the body or was it decomp bloating?
Kari I am watching replay. Question So bodies always come in a body bag. Is this a plastic bag or another style? Josh first said he doesn’t see the body in the box for cremation. Then later he spoke a about possible arm movements. That would counterdict what he said first that he does not see the body in the box for cremation. Please clarify.
My 21 yo daughter passed 9 weeks ago She is my life I'm also a bka amputee, and know I won't be cremated with my prosthetic. But I'd hate to have a high end foot just not ever be used . Do they donate prosthetic feet?? I've prepaid for my own cremation since my girl died. But I really want my prosthetic foot to go to use.
My dad witnessed a cremation mini mini years ago and he said that he would never do it again. He said that the body jolted up and into a sitting position. It freaked him out. And why does this happen
