Cremation Services | Memorial Planning

St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park

375 W Cleveland Rd, Granger, IN 46530 574-367-7643 View Location Details

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Cremation Benefits

Why choose cremation?

Time flexibility

Families can choose to hold a service at a later date, providing flexibility to accommodate schedules and time to create a more personalized event.

Memorialization options

Our cremation options are designed to celebrate your life, and are flexible to align with your religious beliefs and family traditions. We’re here to help create something special that will be cherished by your loved ones for generations.

Advanced planning advantages

Cremation offers diverse ways to honor life through unique memorials, all of which are easiest to coordinate when planned in advance. We’re here to assist you in navigating these options.

Types of Cremation Services

Explore what services you can have with cremation

Did you you know that you can arrange services when choosing cremation? Deciding which option is best for you and your family is ultimately a personal choice.

Traditional Cremation

This service provides loved ones the chance to have a final viewing before the cremation. It includes the opportunity for family and friends to attend a viewing in a ceremonial casket and usually features a service with readings and a eulogy.

Memorial Cremation

Simple Cremation

Memorialization

Exploring your options

Cremation memorialization options offer diverse ways to honor life through personalized ceremonies and distinctive memorials. We’re here to assist you in navigating these choices to reflect your preferences and traditions.

Cremation Urns

Cremation urns will hold the ashes of your loved one and while they can be placed in your home, there are also permanent and customizable memorialization options such as columbarium niches, in-ground burial and mausoleum niches.

Custom Urns

Custom urns usually reflect the individual’s personality, interests, or beliefs, and serve as a focal point for remembrance and a tangible connection to the person’s life and legacy.

Above-Ground Options

Columbariums

These are structures designed to house the ashes of loved ones in a community space or a reserved private family memorial, providing a personal and intimate setting for remembrance. Glass-front or granite niches are the individual spaces within a columbarium or mausoleum designed to hold an urn.

Mausoleums

Mausoleums are large, above-ground structures designed to hold caskets in a community space or with the option to customize a private family memorial.

In-Ground Burial

Similar to traditional burial, urns can be buried in cemeteries. This option ensures that families that select both traditional and cremation burials can share a final resting place.

Customization & Additional Services

Select locations provide personalized memorials which can be a unique and meaningful way to honor a loved one. From intricately carved benches and monuments to majestic pillars and natural boulders, these tributes become enduring markers of legacy.

Glass Niches

Glass-front Niches provide a beautiful, secure way to display urns and cherished mementos within a columbarium or mausoleum. With a clear window to display Niche, these spaces allow families to create personalized and elegant memorials that can be viewed without opening the compartment. Available in various sizes, glass-front Niches are a versatile tribute to loved ones, ensuring their memory is honored in a serene setting.

Alternative Options

Explore innovative memorialization for unique and personalized tributes. From delicate pendants to encase ashes, memorial diamonds made from ashes, and fingerprint jewelry and keepsakes, there is a wide range of options to cherish loved ones and keep them close daily.

Scattering Gardens

Scattering ashes is a symbolic gesture that allows families to honor their loved one’s memory in a serene place. Select locations offer beautiful gardens dedicated to permanently memorializing your loved one.

EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS

Navigating advanced planning

A guide to help you explore burial, cremation and funeral options. We’ll walk you through the basics of advanced planning, so you can feel confident and at ease knowing everything is taken care of.

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Frequently asked questions

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What does the cremation process entail?

Will my loved one need to be embalmed?

Can family members be present during the cremation process?

What steps do you take to ensure the ashes returned to me are those of my loved one?

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