We care about the environment just like you do. With our green aqua cremation offering we help you with environmentally friendly cremation. Green Aqua Cremation also known as “Bio Cremation,” is a gentle, eco-friendly alternative to flame-based cremation. It is a quiet process that uses water and potassium hydroxide to reduce the body to its basic element of bone ash. The ashes are then returned to the family. Honor * Recognition * Respect Green Aqua Cremation includes: Twenty-four hour availability for transfer of deceased to the funeral home within 35 miles. Consultation and arrangements with family and others. Preparing all necessary forms, including death certificate, social security notification Assistance with an obituary and newspaper notices. Customized online photo memorial, guestbook and obituary with directions to the service. Securing the doctor’s signature on the death certificate. Facilitating the King County Medical Examiner's review of the death certificate (in King County only). Filing the death certificate with the health department, and obtaining the legal permit for cremation Secure controlled temperature holding. Water based cremation process. Local delivery of the urn. Did You Know? The Aqua Cremation process is an eco-friendly alternative to flame cremation and burial. It uses water instead of fire to return a body back to Mother Nature. The scientific name for this water-based process is alkaline hydrolysis. It is the same process that occurs as part of nature’s course when a body is laid to rest in the soil. A combination of water flow, temperature, and alkalinity is used to accelerate nature’s process. Trusted institutions have chosen this process for bodies donated to medical science for over 20 years. Most recently, the MAYO Clinic, UCLA Medical School, and UTSW Medical School have chosen this process for their willed body programs. Other often selected services: Identification viewing, 30 minutes $ 525. Embalming, dressing, cosmetics and viewing up to three hours $1150 Memorial Stationary Package $495 Memorial folders (up to 100) Memorial book Thank you cards 8x10 photo 11x14 photo Slideshow 2 Graphic design time The following items are NOT included, but may be requested or required: Urn ~ Flowers ~ Dressing and viewing ~ Chapel service ~ Memorial book and cards ~ Washington State taxes and fees ~ Paid paper notices, such as the Seattle Times ~ Additional transportation services ~ Witnessed Cremation ~ Cemetery expenses ~ Clergy, church and musician stipends ~ King County Medical Examiner's death certificate inspection fee $100 ~ Certified copies of the death certificate $25 each.
