Cremation, preservation, dispersal

If at one time the only answer to the loss of the dearly departed was burial, today we are increasingly seeing the desire to cremate and preserve or scatter the ashes of those who have left us.
From the paperwork to the ceremony, here too Ofisa takes care of every detail, guaranteeing the best possible outcome of the service.

In a secluded room at our historical headquarters in Viale Milton, family members are guided and assisted by staff ready to show the way and the best service according to their wishes.

Once the urn - which must be made of biodegradable material - has been chosen, it can be buried in the cemetery, kept in the cinerary or with a relative of the deceased.

Some people keep their loved ones' ashes on display in special urns or containers, while others prefer to scatter them in memory gardens or favourite places. The possibilities for storing a deceased person's ashes at home are many and include, for instance, mixing them with clay, cement or paint so that they can be made into real works of art or incorporated into construction projects, having ashes pressed into vinyl to create a musical keepsake or turning them into fireworks or even turning ashes into jewellery.

The act of cremation is not only an ancient and archaic gesture, but thanks to modern technology allows relatives and loved ones of the deceased to share the remains.

An altruistic and at the same time loving gesture. Think, for example, of those who live far from the burial site and who do not have the possibility of visiting their deceased loved one.

Thanks to the collection of ashes, everyone will be able to have his or her own urn to keep with them so that, if possible, they will feel the distance less and less.

According to the wishes of the deceased or family members, the ashes may be scattered in areas established by law and the ceremony organised also on the sea, lakes and rivers, aboard any type of vessel.

Although in Italy the path has not been easy, some important laws enacted between 1987 and 1990 came to the rescue of the possibility of cremating the bodies of the deceased, but did not allow for the dispersal of the ashes, which had instead to be kept inside the communal cinerary.

The inadequacy of the law, especially with regard to the scattering of ashes, prompted the Italian Parliament to discuss a possible update so that we arrived during the thirteenth legislature, and in March 2001, at the promulgation of Law No. 130.

Today Ofisa, thanks also to the intervention of the Italian State, offers all its customers a unique and highly professional service that provides: