when my father passed away a few years ago he was cremate- after he donated his skin and whatever other organs were usable...
after the funeral and before they buried the urn my sister from California (we live in NY) takes a bag to put some of the ashes in to take with her- not my cup of tea...
laughingly my aunt says to my sister “when we all rise up from the dead from our ashes your father’s going to be missing a thumb and two pinkie fingers because your taking his ashes”...it was pretty funny actually...
LOL!