The Natural Funeral

“I had everyone on the Hospital staff who was caring for my mother, to the staff at 7 Lakes Memory care referring us to The Natural Funeral and I can see why now. Austin was so calm and answered all of our questions, since we knew we had to be prepared since she had gone into Hospice care at 7 Lakes. We elected to go with the water cremation since our mom loved Colorado and nature, and after discussing it we felt she would want to do what's best for the environment. She passed at 4a in the morning, and they were on call 24x7, and we talked to someone right away and they waited for us to give them the direction to have her picked up, and they did that very quickly after our call. Austin kept us informed of everything from when the cremation would take place, to letting us know when the death certificates were ready. We worked with them to have our mom's ashes transferred to the Gass Haney Funeral home in Columbus Nebraska to be laid to rest with her parents and sister which was our fathers wishes. They contacted me this morning 11/24 to inform me she had arrived in Columbus with burial to be performed tomorrow by Gass Haney. We will be having a celebration of life service in Columbus at a later date with many of her friends and relatives who live in the area. Austin did everything possible to make everything as peaceful as possible with no stress of trying to sell us on anything except for what we asked for, which we know happens when people are hurting and say yes to almost anything. Thank you again for a stress-free, caring and loving experience.”

— Steve Nye

“Planning your own funeral is usually the last thing, if at all, anyone wants to do. It’s also one of the smartest obligations to do for yourself. After years of planning and perusing, I encountered upon The Water Crematory. Best thing I ever did. When I met Iris, I was immediately taken with her friendliness and her love for what she does. We had great conversation and all questions and concerns were explained in detail. I called her later that evening to thank her, as well as expressing my appreciation in meeting her. After all documents were signed and I knew things were now finally settled, I felt a weight had just lifted. I’m very content with my decision and would encourage anyone choosing this avenue for end of life process to contact Iris at this organization, you’ll be glad that you did.”

— Rick Lujan

“I have selected to have a Water Cremation as part of my end of life plans.This was after I started reading about how Cremation by fire sends thousands of molecules of toxic gases into an environment that is already stressed. Recently I had the honor of referring two families to this service. They received such support from the staff. It was so reassuring to know that my daughters will have someone to turn too during this very stressful time..”

— nancy english