Editing Funeral (section)

==Final disposition==
{{Main|Disposal of human corpses}}

Common methods of disposal are:
* [[Burial]] of the entire body in a [[cemetery]], often within a [[coffin]] or casket (also referred to as ''inhumation'' or ''interment'')
* Permanent storage in an above-ground [[tomb]] or [[mausoleum]] (also referred to as ''immurement'')
* [[Cremation]], which burns soft tissue and renders much of the skeleton to ash. The remains may contain larger pieces of bone which are ground in a machine to the consistency of ash. The ashes are commonly stored in an [[Urn#Cremation urns|urn]], or scattered on land or water especially in a cemetery's scattering garden or as part of its memorial benches.
** '''Urn Interment''', '''Urn Burial''', '''Inurnment''' or '''Interment of ashes''', an urn can be placed inside a [[columbarium]] at a cemetery.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.columbariumusa.com/columbarium-its-more-than-just-a-resting-place/ | title=Columbariums & Monuments &#124; Special Places - Columbarium Blog &#124; Columbarium USA | date=24 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>https://www.columbarium-stone.co.uk</ref> An urn can additionally be buried in a traditional cemetery plot similar to a casket.<ref>https://neptunesociety.com/resources/celebration-of-life-planning/everything-to-know-about-interment-of-ashes</ref><ref>https://www.purecremation.co.uk/articles/interment-of-ashes</ref>
*[[Water cremation]], a solutional process of using water and potassium hydroxide to accelerately break down a body into bone fragments as well as sterile liquid.<ref>https://www.cremationassociation.org/alkalinehydrolysis.html</ref> (also known as ''alkaline hydrolysis'')