A Guide to Choose Funeral Urns for Ashes

An urn is a canister to keep the cremated remains of a deceased person. There are a lot of e-commerce websites that put cremation urns for sale on their online portals. Several people use funeral urns for ashes of the cremated ones permanently in their home, and some communities immerse the urn in the river. Whatever the case it is, choosing the right kind of urn to keep the cremains is important as it deals with a very sensitive issue.



An average to good quality of urn should cost around $50 to $100. But depending on your budget, you can buy highly decorative urns for display at the deceased person's services. Here is a list of different types of urns from which you can choose one that suits your choice.


1. Standard Urn

As per the North American Cremation standard, a standard urn should have the capacity to hold 200 cubic inches of cremains. The size of the urn should vary depending on the age of the deceased person.


2. Keepsake Urn

Keepsake urns perfectly serve the purpose of keeping cremains of children or pets. It is also useful in the case if all the family members want to keep a small amount of cremains at their disposal. Keepsake cremation urns are usually small in size to hold cremains.




3. Jewelry Urn

If the deceased person is very dear to your soul, you always want to keep their memory along with you wherever you go. For those people, jewelry urns are the best solution possible. It is also called cremation jewelry.