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  2. Death care industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The death care industry in the United States includes companies and organizations that provide services related to death: funerals, cremation or burial, and memorials. This includes for example funeral homes, coffins, crematoria, cemeteries, and headstones. [1][2] The death care industry within the U.S. consists mainly of small businesses, [3 ...

  3. Cremation - Wikipedia

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    Cremation. An electric cremator in Austria. Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. [1] Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India, Nepal, and Syria, cremation on an open-air pyre is an ancient tradition.

  4. Cremation by country - Wikipedia

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    Cremation is the preferred method of disposal of the dead in Buddhism. [1] Cremation rates vary widely across the world. [2] As of 2019, international statistics report that countries with large Buddhist and Hindu populations like Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Thailand and India have a ...

  5. Crematorium - Wikipedia

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    Crematorium. Maitland Crematorium, South Africa. A crematorium or crematory is a venue for the cremation of the dead. Modern crematoria contain at least one cremator (also known as a crematory, retort or cremation chamber), a purpose-built furnace. In some countries a crematorium can also be a venue for open-air cremation.

  6. Service Corporation International - Wikipedia

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    Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5][6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]

  7. Neptune Society - Wikipedia

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    Neptune Society Columbarium. The Neptune Society Columbarium of San Francisco is an architectural landmark in San Francisco and is the city's only nondenominational public burial space. The columbarium was built in 1898 by architect Bernard J.S. Cahill and is currently operated and maintained by the Neptune Society of Northern California.

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