How Rose Hills Memorial Park Addresses
The Top 5 Cremation Concerns of Rose Hills Memorial Park
Concern #1 – Paying a Fair Price
The price for cremation varies among Putnam Valley, NY area services homes. At Rose Hills Memorial Park, our regular list price of $2,200 is the lowest price among the 7 major services homes in Putnam Valley, NY. Some services homes charge as much as $3,300 for a simple cremation. In the 10 years Rose Hills Memorial Park, has been serving Putnam Valley, NY, two local services homes have lowered their prices to be more competitive with us!
Many people are surprised to learn that some Putnam Valley, NY services homes (Alexanders) and some local services (Alexander Memorial Park, Park Lawn Cemetery) are no longer family owned. Instead they are owned by large, publicly traded corporations based in other states. A portion of the corporate headquarters expense is added to each and every price they charge.
Rose Hills Memorial Park, is a family owned business committed to always offering a fair price to every family we serve.
Concern #2 – Having the Opportunity to Say Goodbye One Last Time
Saying goodbye to your loved one is never easy. Unfortunately, in today’s culture, many people try to skip this step. The sad reality is that failing to say goodbye to someone you love can leave emotional wounds that are difficult to heal.
At Rose Hills Memorial Park, when possible every family is given the opportunity for a private farewell and identification of your loved one in our beautiful services home. If a public visitation is planned the private farewell is typically scheduled to precede the public time.
On a practical level, personal identification is an important step in our security procedures. On an emotional level, this private time helps family members as they mourn the loss.
Concern #3 – Finding a Place for a Ceremony
Over 80% of cremations inPutnam Valley, NY include some form of services ceremony or memorial service. Whether religious or non-religious, a service of some form always plays an important role in the healing process for the family and friends. Unfortunately, for some families, finding a place for a ceremony can be difficult especially if they are not members of a local church.
At Rose Hills Memorial Park, every family we serve has the option to use one of our beautiful chapels for their farewell ceremony. Our services home has a large contemporary chapel and our Peace Mausoleum also has a small intimate chapel.
Our services home also has our exclusive Rose Hills Memorial Park, Memories Room. We stage this room with photos, videos, memorabilia and interactive displays that foster conversations as memories are recalled and stories are shared. Our goal is to help you honor your loved one by sharing fond memories and celebrating the story of their life.
Concern #4 – Deciding What to Do with the Cremated Remains
All too often a family member receives the cremated remains and are left wondering…now what? Do you scatter the ashes someplace? Do you place them in an urn? What do you do with the urn?
Sadly, failing to plan for a final resting place for the remains only creates a problem for future generations. Eventually they are faced with having to decide what to do with a collection of urns containing the remains of long lost relatives.
As the Tri-State area’s only services home located at a services we are able to offer the most options in Putnam Valley, NY. Options include cremation lots, niches in mausoleum, cremation benches, private estate niche areas and scattering gardens all at surprisingly affordable prices.
In fact, we now offer water burial services at Rose Hills Memorial Park’s private lake featuring a large selection of biodegradable urns.
For those families that memorialize their loved one at home, we have the area’s largest selection of take home memorial products. For example, we have a variety of options made with the actual ashes of their loved one including glass art objects and cremation jewelry that families cherish.
Concern #5 – Preserving an Element of Their Physical Legacy
Some families have told us that they would like to have a way to preserve an element of their loved one’s physical body in a respectful and meaningful way. To address this concern, we have implemented two unique services; Fingerprint Scanning and DNA Collection.
As part of our cremation services, we electronically scan the fingerprints of family members taken into our care so that we can preserve the memory of their fingerprints. Fingerprints can also be used in a variety of memorial products as precious keepsakes of your loved one. Fingerprints can be permanently saved or deleted at your request.
We also take a small DNA swab of each person taken into our care. The DNA can be processed at a variety of DNA testing Labs that can create a window into learning of the deceased heritage and medical information that can help other members of the family.
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Putnam Valley, NY Only Complete Cremation Solution
