Once, I would have echoed that statement, but many aging members of my extended family are also choosing to be cremated (in SE Pa.) - and that was a shock to me as they are devout Italian lineage Catholics.
And increasingly, this is not unique, it seems.
That is a pity. It shows how poorly Catechized we Catholics are in this modern day and age. Interestingly, The Remnant happens to have an article on this very topic recently posted on their web site. It makes for interesting reading, as it gives a history of the Church's position against cremation. Fascinating stuff. There is also some strange stuff there about Masonic plots, which I know nothing about one way or the other, but the historical info is worth a read.
http://www.remnantnewspaper.com/Archives/archive-2007-church_and_cremation.htm
Catechism of the Catholic Church.
2301 Autopsies can be morally permitted for legal inquests or scientific research. The free gift of organs after death is legitimate and can be meritorious.
The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the resurrection of the body.
Dang uncatechized catechism writers!