Funeral Urns

[James Runchey]

A friend of mine, a former cemetery manager, said many people use a 6" piece of PVC with two end caps glued on, will last forever in the ground. Not too elegant, but does the job.

[Rick Moyer]

What internal volume is typically needed for an urn?

[Brian Tymchak]

What internal volume is typically needed for an urn?

I've heard the rule of thumb is 1 lb of body weight yields 1 cubic inch of ash.

[Marty Tippin]

At your request, they will provide the ashes in a special plastic bag in a cardboard mailer, and you can take it from there.

I'd suggest asking the funeral home to make the transfer into the urn - you really don't want the emotional stress of trying to get all of the cremains transferred and worry about spills, etc.

I turned an urn for a high school friend's mom a year or so ago, it came out pretty well in spite of being my first effort at making something like that. He was pleased and said a local funeral home handled the transfer without any hassle.

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And I'm currently in the same position as the OP - not sure how much longer my dad is going to be around, so have intentions of making a fairly simple box for him; we'll be burying his ashes so it's won't be for display, though I'll probably embellish it a bit.

[Bonnie Campbell]

Urns can be bought at a very reasonable price through Costco. They had a good selection and the mortuary put the ashes in for us. You can do it yourself if you want, in Oregon anyway.