Cremation Burial and Scattering Options
Choosing the right final resting place is a deeply personal decision for every family. At Lakefield Cemetery, we provide a wide variety of cremation burial and scattering options to ensure you honour your loved one in a way that reflects their unique life. Whether you are looking for a permanent memorial in a granite columbarium or a natural return to the earth in our gardens, our team is here to guide you through the available cremation burial and scattering options in Lakefield with compassion and transparency.
In Ground Cremation Interment
While many families find comfort in the permanence of the earth. We offer several ways to honor your loved one through in-ground placement. For instance, you may utilize an existing family plot to keep generations together. Alternatively, you may purchase a full-sized grave for larger monuments.
In addition, we provide small cremation lots for one or two urns. Because these lots occupy less space, they allow for focused and intimate memorial. Ultimately, our professional staff helps you find a dignified burial space that reflects your family legacy.
Adult Grave Space
You may inter cremated remains in a family plot where a burial has previously taken place. You must obtain permission from the current Interment Rights Holder and existing monuments and markers may limit how you may be memorialized.
Alternatively you may purchase a new lot to be used for cremation burial. The number of cremations allowed in an adult grave is regulated by our cemetery by-laws, as well as the sizes and types of markers.
Cremation Plot
In-ground cremation plots for one or two urns are available with a variety of memorialization options. Each plot has enough room to place a 12″x12″ flat marker.
Water Feature Garden
The area around the Water Feature Garden has a limited number of in-ground cremation lots for one or two urns. Each plot has enough room to place a 12″x12″ or 12″x15″ flat marker.
Family Cremation Plots
Each plot can accommodate up to four urns, with enough room to place a flat marker up to 14″x36″.
Above-Ground Choices: Columbarium Niches
Although ground burial is common, many families now select the elegant visibility of a columbarium. These structures provide a clean and accessible place for year-round visits. Consequently, you can visit your loved one comfortably in any season.
In terms of your specific needs, we offer both public and private options. While our public columbariums offer a sense of community, a private family columbarium offers an exclusive sanctuary for multiple generations. These granite structures ensure your family’s legacy remains durable and beautiful.
Columbarium Niches
The face of each columbarium has rows of niches. The niches are sealed with polished granite which highlights the bronze marker that is used for memorialization. You may place up to two urns into each niche.
Estate Columbarium
Private family columbarium structures with 1 or 2 niche compartments that are designed to hold 1 or 2 urns of cremated remains.
The niches are sealed with polished black granite granite which can be uniquely designed or engraved for memorialization.
Natural Tributes: Scattering Gardens
If you feel a deep connection to nature, our scattering gardens offer a peaceful return to the earth. By choosing this option, you allow the memory of a loved one to join the living landscape.
In addition to the gardens, we offer communal memorial walls. We engrave your loved one’s name in bronze so you still have a physical place to visit. This approach balances a natural return with a permanent tribute. We also provide scattering urns to ensure a dignified ceremony.
Scattering Gardens
Cremated remains may be scattered in our landscaped scattering gardens. A bronze plaque can be placed on a communal memorial for memorialization.
