Cremation Urns Reflect Modern Trends

Modern funeral trends can also be seen in the array of unique cremation urns that are designed to reflect the personalities, lifestyles, hobbies and beliefs of the deceased whose ashes they hold. Although most people still envision a classic Grecian urn on a shelf when they think of cremation urns, choices now include motorcycle urns, religious urns, photo-frame urns, and tiny keepsake urns, to name just a few.

Cremation jewelry is another popular choice, designed to hold a tiny portion of ashes in a pendant that can be worn close to the heart. And some companies, like Memory Glass of Santa Barbara, create memorial jewelry from cremains, while others incorporate thumbprint impressions of the deceased in their creations.

A New Generation of Funeral Directors

Much of the credit for these novel trends in funeral goods and services belongs to a new generation of funeral directors, like Leo Dumont III and Andrew Hall, both of Nashua, New Hampshire. Both men earned degrees in other fields before going to work in their families’ funeral homes, while many other young adults who choose careers in funeral services have no family connection to the funeral industry. What these 20- and 30-somethings have in common are the fresh perspectives they bring to their work – innovative ideas that help to breathe new life into the funeral business.

A couple of years ago, digital photo frames hit the market in a big way. Digital photography buffs (just about everyone, these days) welcomed the opportunity to rescue their photos from unwieldy and long-forgotten folders on computer hard drives and display them for the world to see.

A natural follow-on to digital photo frames, our digital photo urn is a unique memorial treasure. A wooden (oak or walnut) cube with a removable bottom, the digital photo urn allows access to two compartments: one compartment holds the digital photo frame, while the other is designed to hold a portion of human cremains or the cremains of a pet up to 75 pounds.

The handsome cremation urn features a 7-inch diagonal screen capable of displaying hundreds of digital photographs in a random rotation. Simply download your favorite photos of your loved one and display the urn in a place of honor. You and your family will enjoy many hours of the happy memories that will hold a place in your hearts forever.

Set up is easy, and the digital photo cremation urn comes complete with a battery-operated remote control, 256 MB of memory to hold hundreds of photographs and audio files, a power cord, and a USB cord to transfer photos from your computer to the urn’s internal memory.

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