Whois & Analysis for dignitymemorial.com

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.

SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries in 43 states, eight Canadian provinces, and Puerto Rico.

A crematory (also known as a crematorium, cremator or retort) is a machine in which people's bodies or remains are burned down to the bones, eliminating all soft tissue.

Crematories are usually found in funeral homes, chapels, cemeteries, or in stand-alone facilities.

A facility which houses the actual crematory units is referred to as a crematorium.

Cremation is the combustion, vaporization and oxidation of cadavers to basic chemical compounds, such as gases, ashes and mineral fragments retaining the appearance of dry bone.

Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite as an alternative to the interment of an intact dead body in a coffin, casket or shroud.

Cremated remains (aka "cremains" or simply, "ashes"), which do not constitute a health risk, may be buried or interred in memorial sites or cemeteries, or they may be retained by relatives and dispersed in various ways.

Cremation is not an alternative to a funeral, but rather an alternative to burial or other forms of disposal.

Some families prefer to have the deceased present at the funeral with cremation to follow; others prefer that the cremation occur prior to the funeral or memorial service.

A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary, is a business that provides interment and funeral services for the dead and their families.

These services may include a.

A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred.

The word cemetery (from Greek, "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground.

The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but primarily referred to a burial ground within a churchyard.