Funeral

Funeral

Ceremony for servicing, celebrating, and remembering the life of a deceased person.

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Cremation

Personal life; Funeral

A process which reduces the body by heat to small bone fragments. When the fragments are pulverized, they are reduced to the consistency of coarse sand or crushed seashells.

Autopsy

Personal life; Funeral

An autopsy (also known as a post-mortem examination)is the examination of a corpse. An autopsy is usually performed to determine the cause of death or whether a particular medical or surgical ...

Promession

Personal life; Funeral

Promession is a form of body disposal invented by Swedish biologist Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak. Bodies are frozen in liquid nitrogen making them very brittle, and then vibrated for several hours to turn ...