The questions people ask in times of grief are rarely about curiosity alone—they’re about meaning, connection, memory, and getting things right. And sometimes, yes, they’re about whether you can legally put someone’s ashes in a custom-painted garden flamingo.

We’re here for all of it.

So ask your questions. All of them. The practical, the personal, the weird, the sacred, the ones you’re afraid will sound silly. Nothing about love or loss is silly to us.

At Martin Oaks, we have developed and implemented Identification and Chain of Custody processes and procedures to make sure that it is your loved one who is returned to you or is placed in their final resting place as expected.