Cremation - Exam 1
cremation of wrong body can result in - expensive damages and negligence claims, govt.
investigation, bad press
Jim Starks - created the 10 step ID verification in 2014
first step to ID verification - Verification of identity at the place of death
niche - a recess or space used for the permanent placement of cremated remains
columbarium - A structure, room, or space containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated
remains.
where did cremation begin - scandinavia between 2200 BC to 1570 BC
1st U.S. Cremation - Col. Henry Laurens on a funeral pyre
Cremation - Reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat in a
specifically designed retort or chamber.
Crematory - Physical location of the cremator where the cremation process is performed.
cremator/retort - Mechanical unit used in the cremation process
when is cremation thought to have begun - around 3000 BC in Greece
Funeral Pyre - huge and often elaborate piles and structures of wood
, modern cremation - Scientific process that takes place in a controlled chamber built for this
specific purpose
Dr. Francis LeMoyne - built 1st crematory in Washington, Pennsylvania in 1876
1st modern cremation in US - Baron De Palm
before cremation societies - not regulated by states/municipalities, no guidance, propaganda for
sanitary necessity
Dr. Hugo Erichsen - founded cremation association of america in michigan, 1913
CANA - Cremation Association of North America; cremation association of america's name
changed to this in 1975
memorial idea began in - cemeteries, cremation adopted the idea
inurnment - cremated remains into an urn
scattering - thought to be the permanent destruction of cremated remains and in direct conflict
with memorial idea
Lawrence Moore - created 1st electric-powered cremator, began metallic disc to ID remains
cremulators - processors to reduce the consistency of cremated remains in order to facilitate
scattering.
added To facilitate an increase by consumers desiring to scatter cremated remains, crematories since the
1960's
cremation of wrong body can result in - expensive damages and negligence claims, govt.
investigation, bad press
Jim Starks - created the 10 step ID verification in 2014
first step to ID verification - Verification of identity at the place of death
niche - a recess or space used for the permanent placement of cremated remains
columbarium - A structure, room, or space containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated
remains.
where did cremation begin - scandinavia between 2200 BC to 1570 BC
1st U.S. Cremation - Col. Henry Laurens on a funeral pyre
Cremation - Reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat in a
specifically designed retort or chamber.
Crematory - Physical location of the cremator where the cremation process is performed.
cremator/retort - Mechanical unit used in the cremation process
when is cremation thought to have begun - around 3000 BC in Greece
Funeral Pyre - huge and often elaborate piles and structures of wood
, modern cremation - Scientific process that takes place in a controlled chamber built for this
specific purpose
Dr. Francis LeMoyne - built 1st crematory in Washington, Pennsylvania in 1876
1st modern cremation in US - Baron De Palm
before cremation societies - not regulated by states/municipalities, no guidance, propaganda for
sanitary necessity
Dr. Hugo Erichsen - founded cremation association of america in michigan, 1913
CANA - Cremation Association of North America; cremation association of america's name
changed to this in 1975
memorial idea began in - cemeteries, cremation adopted the idea
inurnment - cremated remains into an urn
scattering - thought to be the permanent destruction of cremated remains and in direct conflict
with memorial idea
Lawrence Moore - created 1st electric-powered cremator, began metallic disc to ID remains
cremulators - processors to reduce the consistency of cremated remains in order to facilitate
scattering.
added To facilitate an increase by consumers desiring to scatter cremated remains, crematories since the
1960's
