[Margaret Pilkington]

I think it makes sense to make the best use of resources....and I certainly wouldn't mind being kept for a day or so if the cremation was more economic that way....and as for the ashes.....well, I think that is a symbolic thing.
When we got my Dad's ashes back I didn't for one minute think that they were just his cremated remains.......I always kind of thought that they were the cremated remains of those cremated on that day......the ashes were treated lovingly and they meant something to us. They were scattered lovingly at a place that was special to him......though we also had a laugh and some joviality.
To the dead, it really doesn't matter.....because they have moved on.
It only really matters to those who are left behind.