No. It is your choice. It may depend on such factors as whether the family selected a service with a public viewing of the body with an open casket, or to enhance the deceased’s appearance for a private family viewing; if the body is going to be transported by air or rail, or because of the length of time prior to the cremation.

Funeral and cremation costs can be very confusing. Often times other funeral and cremation providers will quote what seems like a low price, but …