Urns & Cremation Urns

More about Our Funeral Ash Cremation Urns

You might take comfort knowing that the worldly cares are forever behind them, but you are left with a new set of challenges: grieving their loss, accepting their absence and finding your new normal. The necessary funeral arrangements, you may wonder how you'll get through the difficulty. We understand your pain and want to help make the transition as smooth as possible. That's why Memorials.com has put together a comprehensive online collection of funeral urns for the ashes of your loved one. Choosing the right cremation urn for the ashes of your loved one can keep their legacy alive even through absence. Our online platform provides you the privacy to browse through our categories to find just the right way to memorialize your loved one. Take your time. And cry if you must. It's okay. We've curated our collections with comforting words to soothe your soul so you can be at peace as you find the perfect container for your loved one's ashes. Browse through our categories of ash containers below. Then scroll to the bottom for a helpful guide to assist your decision.

We want to make choosing the perfect urn as comfortable as possible. As you read through and follow this guide, it will take away the burden of the unknown and enlighten you about memorial urns.

• Urn Size: Funeral urns come in several sizes to serve different purposes.
  • Small: Also called keepsake urns, small urns hold a token amount of the ashes of your loved one. These are perfect if you are sharing the remains with other family members or plan to inter the ashes and keep a memento.
  • Medium: Regular or medium size funeral urns can hold the remains of one adult. These are ideal if you want to keep or inter (bury) the remains of one beloved person.
  • Large: Our large urns for ashes, sometimes called companion urns, will hold the ashes of two adults. Some companion urns have separate compartments for storing the ashes side by side. Others allow you to mingle the ashes into one container.
  • Extra Large: Our extra large containers, also called family urns, can hold the remains of three or four persons.
     
• Urn Materials: Our memorial urns come in a variety of materials, including wood, marble, glass, ceramic, plastic and more. Many of our urns are handcrafted masterpieces made with great artistry and through traditional artisan methods. We also offer biodegradable ash urns if you are planning to inter the ashes and are concerned about the impact on the environment.
   
• Urn Engraving: Many of our burial urns can be personalized through engraving directly on the vessel. Others can be personalized with a metal or wood plaque. Engraving may incur additional costs.
   
• Urn Shape: We offer a variety of shapes in our memorial urns, including traditional cremation vessels in vase, chest or canister styles. Plus, we carry untraditional keepsake and ash urns shaped like football helmets, ducks, flowers, lighthouses, boots, chess pieces, teardrops, angels and more.
   
• Urn Style: When choosing the right style funeral urn for cremation, you should allow the personality of your loved one to lead your search. Consider their pastimes, activities, occupation, preferred vacation spots, favorite animal and other things that make your special person unique. What colors and styles appealed to them? What did the two of you enjoy doing together? Think through these things, and you will be well on your way to finding a memorial urn that will keep the spirit of your loved one alive for future generations. 
   
• Urn Destination: Knowing the final resting spot of the ash container will help you choose the proper vessel for your loved one's ashes. Consider these options: Showcase: If you plan to showcase the cremation vessel in your home or a mausoleum, you'll need to find a style that fits into your space ergonomically and ascetically. Inter: Burial urns may need to be placed in a sealed vault urn before burying as required by certain cemeteries. Travel: Will you be traveling with the ashes? If so, you'll need to find a vessel that is approved by the TSA for airplane travel. Scatter: Those who wish to scatter the ashes may need a scattering ash urn to make the process as simple as possible.
  • Water: Our biodegradable urns are an excellent choice for a sea burial. 
  • Showcase: If you plan to showcase the cremation vessel in your home or a mausoleum, you'll need to find a style that fits into your space ergonomically and ascetically. 
  • Inter: Burial urns may need to be placed in a sealed vault urn before burying as required by certain cemeteries.
  • Travel: Will you be traveling with the ashes? If so, you'll need to find a vessel that is approved by the TSA for airplane travel.
  • Scatter: Those who wish to scatter the ashes may need a scattering ash urn to make the process as simple as possible.
     
• Urn Categories: We have divided our urns for ashes into several groups to simplify the selection process. The primary category divisions are:
  • Material: You can browse our cremation vessels according to their construction material. Categories include marble, bronze, wood, glass, cloisonne, ceramic and metal. 
  • Price: If affordability is important, our discount urns start at $19.95. We have a search category dedicated to inexpensive ash urns. 
  • Theme: We have divided our vessels into some common themes, including religious, military and veteran, sports, car and motorcycle, and hunting and fishing urns. 
  • Size: If you are looking for a companion urn or a keepsake urn, we have individual categories to make it easier for you to find the right size. Additionally, we have a particular category for infant and children urns if you've lost a young one. 
  • Specialty: Our specialty categories include unique urns, urn nameplates, urn medallions, TSA approved urns, burial vaults, biodegradable urns, art urns, nature urns and more. 

Shipping

At Memorials.com, ground shipping is always included in the price. We don't like hidden fees. The price you see is the price you pay. However, if you need your urn quickly, you can upgrade shipping to 2nd-day air or overnight for a fee. Engraving is another optional upgrade.

We hope this guide has made it more comfortable for you to choose the perfect urn for your loved one. If you have something special in mind, you can use the search window to see what we offer. Thank you for allowing Memorials.com the privilege of helping you with this significant decision.
 

Some Answers to Questions Customers have asked us about Cremation Urns

What size cremation urn do I need?

There is a rule of thumb used in the memorial industry, that a 200 pound person will be about 200 cubic inches of cremated ashes, meaning you will need an urn which holds 200 cubic inches. This means that 1 pound of body weight = 1 cubic inch of ashes. Our principle is to add a bit on top to be on the safe side, saying that you would need for the person weighing 200 pounds an urn with the size of 205 – 210 cubic inches (the bone density could be a bit more and it would be saver to go a bit larger).

How do you transfer the cremation ashes to the urn?

There are 2 ways to do it, either at home or you let the funeral home transfer the ashes for you. In case you decide to do it at home here is the easiest way:

• First you have a choice of; when given the ashes from the funeral home they usually are in a plastic bag. You need to decide if to transfer the ashes with the bag or without the bag.
• With the bag you just put them in the urn without opening the bag and closing the lid.
• Many urns the bag will not fit and you will need to cut the bag open and pour the ashes slowly into the urn.
• Next you need to close the lid, you could use a little bit of caulking to seal the urn, we recommend you using a sealer which is not permanent so you can maybe open the urn again at a later point if you decide to get a piece of cremation jewelry for which you will need to be able to open the urn again.

One of our tips is if you do not feel comfortable to do it yourself at home you can ask a good friend to help you (usually they feel honored to be asked and gladly give a helping hand).

What do you do with ashes after cremation?

You have a few choices on what to do with the ashes after the cremation.

• You can have them displayed at the funeral home in a crematory niche.
• Another option would be to purchase an urn and have the ashes at home.
• You could be scattering the ashes.
• Ocean burial or ocean scattering.
• The ashes could be buried at the cemetery or some places at home (state law prohibited).