Why not put ashes into a grave in a cemetery?
That’s what Catholics are supposed to do. Not that they do it. But they are obliged to do so. Burying the dead is a tenet of Catholicism we’re not supposed to keep their ashes in a pot in a closet.
Not everyone is Catholic. I grew up Catholic, but left the Catholic Church.
My father wanted to be cremated. We don’t have him in a closet. That defeats the purpose of keeping his ashes. We have his cremation box sealed to go in my mother’s grave with her when that day comes.
But, as for me. I never want to go in the ground or in a mausoleum as my mom has in place. Graves/cemeteries, etc give me the creeps. Hardly anyone goes to visit, so they are lonely places. As I’ve grown older, I feel cremation is a much more dignified way to deal with the remains, imo.