What is an "urn"?

What is an "urn"?

Dan Redmond (Cemetery and Funeral Inspector, California Department of Consumer Affairs ) gives expert video advice on: What are the advantages of cremation?; Are there legal restrictions about what I can do with cremated remains?; What are alternative ways to preserve cremated remains? and more...

An urn is what the cremation remains are actually placed in. There are many types of urns, from the a simple plastic urn to some that are extremely ornate. You can use many different things; I've seen people use things like cookie jars or maybe their favorite plastic model that they had when they were a kid. People use different types of urns. Again, you should check with the cemetery if you're going to place the urn at the cemetery, to make sure it's something that they allow.