Norton Funeral Home

Are you concerned that not knowing whether a loved one wanted to be buried or cremated will lead you to make the incorrect choice? Let’s talk about the type of person they were so that we can help you better evaluate your options.

If you need assistance, we can contact your choice of clergy, officiants for the service, musicians or singers, and any arrangements for special groups to be present at the funeral service. We can also arrange for honorariums to be given by certain people at the family's request.

A viewing or memorial service following cremation enables friends and family to commemorate the life of their loved ones and also allows family and friends a time and place to grieve and provide one another comfort and the sharing of memories of happier times.

Did you know that poems can be a special way to reflect on the life of a friend or loved one who has passed away? Grief counselors often recommend some form of journaling or poetry-writing as a healthy way of dealing with the strong emotions of grief.

If you plan on choosing your own urn to house a loved one's cremated remains, discuss the options with us beforehand. Any urn you choose should have a sealable lid and be large enough to house all the cremains. You may want to use a temporary vessel for transport, too.

There are increased options for personalization with a cremation service that are not available with traditional burial. With cremation, once the process is complete, a more unique and individualized service may be conducted based on your loved one’s life and passions and your family’s choices.

Are you concerned that certain family members will be upset if they’re unable to attend the local funeral and burial service? When you opt for cremation, it’s often possible to send a portion of the ashes so that everyone will have an equal opportunity.

The funeral home will help you schedule the funeral or memorial service so that it takes place at a time that works best for the family. The funeral home will also abide by wishes to have a casket or urn present at the service and to have a viewing of your loved oneor not. Every service is as unique as the individual and each family’s wishes will be respected.

The 21st century technology is opening new avenues for the burial of a loved one. A good example is space burial: If the departed was into space travel, astronomy or even science fiction, there are now services that will transport cremains into space.

In the U.S., final disposition via cremation is a growing trend. Today, 58 percent of deaths result in conventional and sometimes other methods of burial, while 42 percent are handled through cremation. Analysts predict that cremation as the disposition method of choice will reach 50 percent within five years.

If your loved one is being cremated, we will contact and arrange the necessary details with the cemetery, crematory, or other place of disposition. We can find out cost, any size or material regulations, and other requirements before the funeral service.

Are you concerned that an expanding population in your area will one day mean moving everyone buried in the local cemetery to make way for expansion? Cremation can help you ensure that you don’t have to worry about these sorts of issues.

There seems to be little connection between the four states in the U.S. in which cremations were used at least 70 percent of the time, according to 2011 statistics. At the top of the list was Nevada, at nearly 74 percent, followed by Rhode Island at 73 percent, Washington at 72 percent and Oregon at 70 percent.