Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Correct Casket Can Be Your Respect For The Deceased

By Elaine Reyes

Death is generally followed by overwhelming sorrow and distress, leaving family and friends inconsolable and sentimentally overwhelmed by the death of a loved one. However, making proper arrangements for the funeral still needs to be attended to and this will require the selection of a suitable casket.

Choosing an appropriate casket is very difficult, as you would want to purchase a good product at the correct price when you are just not in a psychological state to bargain. When the deceased's religious or cultural beliefs has certain requirements for the casket or the departed himself has made his tastes known in this regard, then the selection of a casket becomes much simpler.

You can find caskets in many shapes, designs and sizes for which rates change accordingly. You will have to identify if you want a burial casket or a funeral casket. While the funeral casket is meant for the body to be seen during the memorial service, the burial casket is typically only appropriate for burial purposes.

Caskets come in a variety of materials like metal, fibre, wood and marble. Generally wooden ones are preferred by old fashioned families, and they can opt for caskets made of maple, oak, mahogany etc. Polished perfectly, wooden caskets are of high quality and they look classy with a shiny feel, but their rates are also normally higher. Alternately, metal caskets come cheaper and are available in a range of finishes like bronze, steel, and copper, and in different designs and colours too.

Environment friendly material based caskets are also getting popular nowadays with so much stress on safeguarding the planet, particularly among the environmentally conscious people. With these, the used material bio degrades and does not cause any damage to the environment. If the deceased person was a strong supporter of environment protection then this casket could be your last tribute to your near and dear one.

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