Cremation would be fine with me. There is probably a term for where Urn-contained ashes could be stored indefinitely . I don’t think Mortuary is the right term. I would like someplace to go and peacefully contemplate a loved one now deceased. I would prefer not to store the ashes in my home unless I was confident no one would bother the urn. If I had money to purchase a couple of acres, I would not use it to inter coffins, but solely to display and maintain gravestones. It may sound morbid, but I have often thought about it. My mom died in the eastern part of the country, an area I rarely visit. I have often wished I could set up a quasi tribute headstone over here in the west, one I could easily visit a few times a year. If someone owned such a business, they could easily move it to a new location in case they were leasing, and the property became too expensive to stay there.
mosoleum, i think
Mausoleum is the word you’re looking for. As I said above, you can buy a cemetery plot anywhere and place a marker. You don’t have to body to bury. You can bury ashes, you can place a marker.
This has come up a few times in my own family. One instance, the husband of an aunt was estranged from the rest of the family and he did not tell us where he placed her. We bought a marker for her anyway, in the family plot.
Another, a man was widowed twice, decades apart, and both wives were buried in different places. Arrangements had been made at the death of the first to bury him with her, so he was buried with his first wife. He was also given a headstone next to my mom, his second wife.
You’re not morbid. You’re right.
After my family’s experienes with the loss of ashes, we’ve all made a pact and I’m the one who’s agreed to carry it out.
I’m building a crypt on our land that has shelves. Each shelf will carry the ashes and the remembrance book of every individual in there. A lock of hair, a photo, good stories, videos, etc.
When hubby and I die, or if the land is sold, my daughter has agreed to build a crypt for all of us on her land.
The family will stay together. Everyone will have a place to go.
Part of out motivation is that we’re a military family and there are no ‘roots’. We know that things have to stay mobile.