Cremation

We want to make arrangements simple for you. We offer a large variety of containers and traditional caskets designed to meet your personal needs but we'll be happy to go over them with you and answer any questions you may have. If you are looking for something in particular, please let us know. We will make every effort to accommodate your needs.

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The Divine Passage Difference:

•Quality: We are meticulous with our embalming and preparation of the deceased and treat each person with the utmost dignity and gentle care that they deserve.

•Skillful: We are committed to our families during their grieving process. Our goal is to go above and beyond the norm by providing a memorable service designed to reflect the personality of the deceased and to celebrate their life.

•Experience: Kristy Martin (Sadlon) has been in the Funeral Service business for over 25 years. She previously managed three local funeral homes successfully for five years and chose to move forward with a new approach in the Ripon community to give families an option for a lower-cost funeral service. Kristy is a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. She is also a Certified Preplanning Specialist and a WI Registered Life Agent for Burial Agreements.

•Affordability: Divine Passage was founded to provide affordable services to the Ripon and surrounding communities. By keeping the facility modest and using an existing facility in our community, we offer our services and merchandise at a lower cost than services currently available in our community.

•Locally Owned and Operated: We are not owned by a multinational funeral conglomerate. All decisions are made at the community level and we are able to respond to local needs and conditions immediately. We strive to support and promote many of the quality businesses in our community.

CREMATIONS

It IS possible to have a full funeral service even for those choosing cremation. The importance of the ritual is in providing a social gathering to help the bereaved begin the healing process.

As more people are choosing cremation, funeral service professionals are striving to give consumers a true sense of what their many options are for a funeral service. Often funeral directors find that people have a preconception that they have fewer choices for a ceremony when selecting cremation for themselves or a loved one. Therefore, they request direct cremation and deny the surviving friends and family an opportunity to honor them with a memorial service. In actuality, cremation is only part of the commemorative experience. In fact, cremation can actually increase your options when planning a funeral. The following information is meant to help you build an understanding of what cremation is, allowing you to make an informed decision when arranging a funeral for yourself or a loved one. 

Cremation is becoming increasingly popular, especially amongst the baby boomer generation. Among the many reasons for this growing trend is the breadth of options cremation provides for a final memorial service. 

Cremation gives people the flexibility to search for types of tribute that reflect the life being honored. But this doesn't mean that aspects of traditional funeral services have to be discarded. Even with cremation, a meaningful memorial that is personalized to reflect the life of the deceased could include: 

• A ceremony at the funeral chapel, your place of worship or other special location; and 
• Participation by friends and family.
• Special Music
• Personalized Tributes

Commonly, cremated remains are placed in an urn and committed to an indoor or outdoor mausoleum or columbarium; interred in a family burial plot; or included in a special urn garden.

Cremation also gives families the option to scatter the remains. This can be done in a designated cemetery garden or at a place that was special to the person. Today, cremated remains can even become part of an ocean reef or made into diamonds. 

Cremation is a permanent disposition choice. Therefore, when a family chooses cremation for their loved one, it's important they feel comfortable with the funeral home providing the services. 

We have a large selection of Urns and unique Cremation products to offer.