Kari. I used to work as a personal stylist and I just wanted to tell you that your presentation here in this video suits you quite well, the hair makes you look youthful yet professional
Awesome video again, Kari! This was super informative (I have always wondered about the replaced hips, knees, pacemakers, etc, since I was a kid & learned about cremation). Thanks to the guest gentlemen and Kari 🙂
Loved the comment about Newport Beach crematory. I’m from nearby Mission Viejo, the city would not issue a permit for a crematorium so our local Funeral Home had to send their cremation cases 20 miles away to Costa Mesa.
Hi Kari, the word ' pacemaker' reminded me of a joke that an old man told me once. When he walks on the road and sees a beautiful woman his pacemaker activates and the garage doors open.
My career has been in the death industry & there were answers to questions I've never thought about. I've only made deliveries & pick-ups at crematories with little to no time to ask questions. Through my experience, crematory operators have only checked toe tags against paperwork to confirm identities of decedents & would not disturb what's in receptacles in any way. The actual handling of remains inside the container has always been the duty of the mortician in CA which might be different in each State.
Hello Kari, I would like to tell you that here in Ecuador, South America, where I work, we never cremated with a casket. We also do not use cardboard containers. We enter only the body with its clothes in the crematory. The same thing on the side of the Crematorium for the animals. It must be said that families who request the cremation of their deceased, they do not have to buy a casket, because we provide a temporary one to spend time with their deceased before the cremation. At this time of vigil, the deceased is prepared, dressed and as soon as the vigil is over, we transport the coffin out of sight of the family to place the body on a platform ready to send into the crematorium, under the supervision of the family, if they wish. Thanks for sharing your amazing videos with us.
And the guy in white shirts dad worked in an era of cremation when ppe wasnt even thought about... Be interesting to have his dad discuss cremation times in past
Bodies do move during cremation. In the process,, they take on a pugilistic stance. Sinew burning causes this to happen. It happens in the beginning. Same happens when people are severely burned. No reason to immediately look in at the beginning. I guess that's why most haven't seen this happen. Love your channel Kari!
Thanks for all the information guys. I was really surprised to say the least that you cremated all with their clothes on. I was expecting them to be without. Also everyone would be in a cardboard box. Thanks!
Hello I watch you often and your other channel.as well. I've only commented a couple times though. So appreciate all you do. I have a question , maybe more for Josh Have you ever seen a body sit up when being cremated? Have you seen people be cremated with things like gof clubs, fishing poles? I know it's off the wall questions but I'm asking because I have watched another mortician channel Are You Dying To Know in the UK and they asked a coworker who does the cremation these questions a viewer sent in and the answers were YES! I'm just wondering about Josh's experience .
It took almost 6 hours to cremate my mother in law, five of those were just trying to get her in but she kept coming out. She went kicking and screaming but we got it done at the end.
There is a video on Caitlin Doughty's site, "Ask a Mortician" about human composting just legalized in Washington State that actually turns the body back into soil.
One our local funeral homes recently placed an ad on INDEED for a crematory operator with starting pay at $11.00 (eleven) per hour. I know the owner but rarely see him around anymore. I think his kids are running it. They also do animals and start out at $200.00. So much for a living wage. I think McDonald’s pays more that that here.
@@wesley815 and when the person wasn’t busy doing cremations, they were required to pick up bodies and vacuum and set up chapel. I’d figure &15 at the very minimum while trading then be closer to $20 after probation. Being a business (retired) guy, my theory is “you usually get what you pay for”. Shameful.
Thank you so much answering those questions, the sitting up is something I was told my 7th grade teacher because his father was mortician and they lived in a funeral home/ crematory lol 😆 💙 🤣good Halloween stories 🤣
Does facing and dealing with death daily affects your attitude towards how you face life? And your own mortality? Can u do a chat on this topic? I read news and sometimes people die and it does affect how I live my life
Is there a reduction in remains if the deceased has a loss of calcium in the bones? Are you allowed to be just wrapped in a cotton sheet without clothing for cremation?
Do they use smaller retorts for pets? Both of my dogs were small and I requested that they be cremated by themselves and not in a “group”. One was processed by a local funeral home and the other was processed by a specialty animal cremation facility. I was still sitting in the parking lot crying when the person came to pick up my last doggie at the emergency vet. He’d died at home so I bundled him up and took him to the vet to be picked up by the crematory. I’d called the ER vet as I didn’t know what else to do 😢
If you think about it. Next time you pass a Berger King that’s flame broiling, you see the smoke and smell the fat and meat. Carcinogens are polluting the air. Cremation of a body- which is meat,fat and bone is the same thing. Only it goes through a cleaner process of the afterburner. Too bad BK can’t use one for all the drippings!
Do you think that the cleaning out of the ovens,crushing of the bones,putting them into a named recepticle will ever be filmed or be overseen by two garantors (for want of a better word) to stop the rumours that families do not get back their loved ones remains! To put minds at rest ...
I don't know about in some parts of the U.S as it varies by facility, but all facilities around me allow the family to watch the body go in and wait til the cemation is over. Also btw a better word would be Validator if you wanted one. But its hard to video anything in a funeral home because the processes like embalming, stuff like that can be seen as bad or improper to some. One story I can recall of a incident is a vet was laid out on a table for identification and a family member posted a picture of him laying with a flag draped across him. The general public attacked (metaphorically) the funeral home for mistreating a vet and was forced to put him in a casket even tho he was gonna be cremated. So I don't know many funeral homes who would be willing to allow that stuff to be filed just for the sake of the public misinterpreting stuff.
On a Death Certificate. It says cemetery or cremated. If Someone is cremated in has be deposited in a cemetery why dont they let you put the name of the cemetery on the Death Certificate ?
@@KaritheMortician is it true that ashes have a tag with it and you can call a number and they can find by the number what crematory or funeral home the ashes came from cuz my sister found some ashes with name of the crematory and they can find out what funeral home it came from
i as an young termly ill guy I'm considering cremation option after i pass but unsure if they beable to cremate my body as I'm 7ft 4 tall and around 130lbs ??
@@KaritheMortician Thank you for your kind reply never even thought about if there cut me up good job not tho as never even thught about it just hoped maybe i could be cremated even tho so tall an slim build thanks
I lived down the street from a funeral home. One night during Thanksgiving night the wind was blowing down wind. And I just about puked it smelled like death from the funeral home. I told the funeral director and he said he’d talk to the guy.
@@DetroitPinkii I sure do Pink. I’ve messed with settings, unsub’d then resub’d, made sure notifications are on and everything. Maybe google doesn’t like me because I set notifications to go to my yahoo mail acct. I’ve changed it back and forth to no avail. It’s ok though. I usually have time to go through my favorites and check them. Have a great evening!
Thank you Kari!! Because I was watching Gdubya channel and someone asked him that and he said they don't and when I Google it it said they don't I was like HOW wouldnt they?? Lol thank you for responding! You're the best! Love Amy
A body will move when it's cremated look at the video on youtube called my daddy's cremation and keep an eye on his left leg you will see it move up a couple of times he is just layed in a cardboard box not a coffin
Kari. I used to work as a personal stylist and I just wanted to tell you that your presentation here in this video suits you quite well, the hair makes you look youthful yet professional
Aww thank you!!
I enjoyed getting to teach other cremation operators and seeing their skill level improve. It was a pleasure to have been included in this video.
Thanks so much Peter!!
Hi Peter, I am from Ontario too. Can I email you with some questions?
@@jjes181 absolutley. I sent you a friend request on facebook.
@@peterjaekel9381 I'm under Grace O'Malley. My profile pic is the CN Tower.
How’s it going Peter, I’m American but have some questions for you if you don’t mind answering them?
I like to just causually listen to these videos. While cycling, working out.
Thanks for listening.
Thank you to the 3 operators. I learned a lot. Thank you Kari for putting this together.
Our pleasure!
@@KaritheMortician what is the difference between burial and cremation
Awesome video again, Kari! This was super informative (I have always wondered about the replaced hips, knees, pacemakers, etc, since I was a kid & learned about cremation). Thanks to the guest gentlemen and Kari 🙂
You're so welcome!
Loved the comment about Newport Beach crematory. I’m from nearby Mission Viejo, the city would not issue a permit for a crematorium so our local Funeral Home had to send their cremation cases 20 miles away to Costa Mesa.
Thanks for watching and for sharing.
Very informative video! Thank you Kari and Gentlemen.
Our pleasure!
Hi Kari, the word ' pacemaker' reminded me of a joke that an old man told me once. When he walks on the road and sees a beautiful woman his pacemaker activates and the garage doors open.
😂😂 love it.
lol
I’ve been watching your videos since I started Mortuary School at MACFS. This is as a really informative lesson! Thanks again, Kari!
Thank you for this, Kari. It’s very interesting, and in my opinion, very important to know ❤
You are very welcome.
What is the name of the man in the white shirt
My career has been in the death industry & there were answers to questions I've never thought about. I've only made deliveries & pick-ups at crematories with little to no time to ask questions. Through my experience, crematory operators have only checked toe tags against paperwork to confirm identities of decedents & would not disturb what's in receptacles in any way. The actual handling of remains inside the container has always been the duty of the mortician in CA which might be different in each State.
It is interesting what folks outside of the business ask
A very fascinating and educational video. Thank you!
You are welcome!
Hello Kari, I would like to tell you that here in Ecuador, South America, where I work, we never cremated with a casket. We also do not use cardboard containers.
We enter only the body with its clothes in the crematory.
The same thing on the side of the Crematorium for the animals.
It must be said that families who request the cremation of their deceased, they do not have to buy a casket, because we provide a temporary one to spend time with their deceased before the cremation. At this time of vigil, the deceased is prepared, dressed and as soon as the vigil is over, we transport the coffin out of sight of the family to place the body on a platform ready to send into the crematorium, under the supervision of the family, if they wish.
Thanks for sharing your amazing videos with us.
Thank you for sharing this!
And the guy in white shirts dad worked in an era of cremation when ppe wasnt even thought about...
Be interesting to have his dad discuss cremation times in past
Great idea
I worked directly across from a Vet's office in 94-96 that did cremations
I knew in my heart but never thought about it
Aww
Bodies do move during cremation. In the process,, they take on a pugilistic stance. Sinew burning causes this to happen. It happens in the beginning. Same happens when people are severely burned. No reason to immediately look in at the beginning. I guess that's why most haven't seen this happen. Love your channel Kari!
Thank you!
😂😂😂
Great video. Lots of information. My hat's off to these guys. ✌️❤️🙏🏼
Thanks!
This was an excellent video, Kari! I love when you collaborate with others! I’m surprised your eye didn’t twitch when that guy said “cremains”! 😂
lol its hard not to use those words when talking with each other
Good video tonight!! Thank you!
Thanks!
Thanks for the video.
You are welcome!
Excellent!!!
Many thanks!
Those guys are a class act!
yes!
Damn, I never got your notification!! But I'm watching you now!💯
Thank you!
Thanks for all the information guys. I was really surprised to say the least that you cremated all with their clothes on. I was expecting them to be without. Also everyone would be in a cardboard box. Thanks!
Our pleasure!
Thanks for sharing
Hello I watch you often and your other channel.as well. I've only commented a couple times though. So appreciate all you do.
I have a question , maybe more for Josh
Have you ever seen a body sit up when being cremated? Have you seen people be cremated with things like gof clubs, fishing poles?
I know it's off the wall questions but I'm asking because I have watched another mortician channel Are You Dying To Know in the UK and they asked a coworker who does the cremation these questions a viewer sent in and the answers were YES!
I'm just wondering about Josh's experience .
No he has not. No we tell them no metal for the most part.
@@KaritheMortician that's what I had remembered from your videos w Josh regarding that. Thanks for answering.
It took almost 6 hours to cremate my mother in law, five of those were just trying to get her in but she kept coming out. She went kicking and screaming but we got it done at the end.
:(
Kari, is there such a thing as a disposition method that leaves behind no remains at all, not even bone fragments, if that’s what the person wanted?
There really is not yet. There is always bones
There is a video on Caitlin Doughty's site, "Ask a Mortician" about human composting just legalized in Washington State that actually turns the body back into soil.
In your line of work.
What is the percentage of people who been embaimed versus people who have not been embalmed for cremation ?
I would say maybe 30/70
@@KaritheMortician Thank you
Does the family pay based on time in creamator? Baby vs severely obese?
There are typically three prices... infant, standard and over a certain weight usually like 350/400 pounds
One our local funeral homes recently placed an ad on INDEED for a crematory operator with starting pay at $11.00 (eleven) per hour. I know the owner but rarely see him around anymore. I think his kids are running it. They also do animals and start out at $200.00. So much for a living wage. I think McDonald’s pays more that that here.
That is ridiculously low wage for how much responsibility they have. You’re right, most fast food and retail start at $15+ at least- and more.
@@wesley815 and when the person wasn’t busy doing cremations, they were required to pick up bodies and vacuum and set up chapel. I’d figure &15 at the very minimum while trading then be closer to $20 after probation. Being a business (retired) guy, my theory is “you usually get what you pay for”. Shameful.
I live in Rural Maine yes Mc Donald's pays more then that here.
Yes it doesn't pay super high just like so many things but some places pay more than others
@@KaritheMortician Wow.
Min wage here is $12.75.
I think its something people dont realize for alot of jobs.
How low the pay really is
The crematory song:
"A tisket, a tasket
OH NO!! ANOTHER CASKET!!
They burn so slow, they always throw
Our schedule in the waste basket"
:)
😂
Thank you so much answering those questions, the sitting up is something I was told my 7th grade teacher because his father was mortician and they lived in a funeral home/ crematory lol 😆 💙 🤣good Halloween stories 🤣
Yes good for the fright factor
Same here these rumours get passed down!
Does facing and dealing with death daily affects your attitude towards how you face life? And your own mortality? Can u do a chat on this topic? I read news and sometimes people die and it does affect how I live my life
I had heard it was firemen that said the bodies curled up because of the heat 🤔 no idea if it's true.
Bodies do contract with heat but this is a bit different
@@KaritheMortician yes I guess sitting up and spilling the tea would be different 😂
Why burn the casket
To handle the person. It can be a simple box but needs to be something
Where in Canada is Peter from…. Winnipeg, 🇨🇦
I will ask
Ottawa ON
Kari, is it considered bad manners to refer to a retort as an oven? That’s the impression I’ve had from reading about it.
Yes because it really is not an oven but sort of
@@KaritheMortician Thank you!
I'd love to know where Peter's crematory is. I've got the feeling I know and it's about a 15 min drive from my house.
Oh wow I will find out
Is there a reduction in remains if the deceased has a loss of calcium in the bones? Are you allowed to be just wrapped in a cotton sheet without clothing for cremation?
no there is not
my heart would break having to cremate a baby, such an innocent life
Yes I don't like cremating kids
Can you tell family the color of remains before cremation?
No
Do they use smaller retorts for pets? Both of my dogs were small and I requested that they be cremated by themselves and not in a “group”.
One was processed by a local funeral home and the other was processed by a specialty animal cremation facility. I was still sitting in the parking lot crying when the person came to pick up my last doggie at the emergency vet. He’d died at home so I bundled him up and took him to the vet to be picked up by the crematory. I’d called the ER vet as I didn’t know what else to do 😢
I heard in the comments about babies that they use a small metal pan and that’s what they use for pets as well ❤
Yes they are a bit smaller
If you think about it. Next time you pass a Berger King that’s flame broiling, you see the smoke and smell the fat and meat. Carcinogens are polluting the air. Cremation of a body- which is meat,fat and bone is the same thing. Only it goes through a cleaner process of the afterburner. Too bad BK can’t use one for all the drippings!
Well interesting analogy
Good Grief people wrapped up into the remains being very light in color
:)
I must admit I though Josh was going to be in this video, nevertheless this was a very informative video thanks Kari 😊
We have heard from him a few times and wanted a new group
What is the average pay for your jobs?
It is hard to find an average bevause of the variety of areas.
What is the cremation machine
The retort….😌
@@poochiekitty8062 who owns the machine
@@jeremynguyen2346 I would presume the crematory owns the retort…..😉
@@poochiekitty8062 what happens if the machine catches on fire 🔥
Tork i believe
Do you think that the cleaning out of the ovens,crushing of the bones,putting them into a named recepticle will ever be filmed or be overseen by two garantors (for want of a better word) to stop the rumours that families do not get back their loved ones remains! To put minds at rest ...
I don't know about in some parts of the U.S as it varies by facility, but all facilities around me allow the family to watch the body go in and wait til the cemation is over. Also btw a better word would be Validator if you wanted one. But its hard to video anything in a funeral home because the processes like embalming, stuff like that can be seen as bad or improper to some. One story I can recall of a incident is a vet was laid out on a table for identification and a family member posted a picture of him laying with a flag draped across him. The general public attacked (metaphorically) the funeral home for mistreating a vet and was forced to put him in a casket even tho he was gonna be cremated. So I don't know many funeral homes who would be willing to allow that stuff to be filed just for the sake of the public misinterpreting stuff.
@@sterlingodeaghaidh5086 Traumatic situation on every level.Thans for your reply.
Great question but I don't know that will happen
@@KaritheMortician Good discussion by all,thanks for doing it.
It is but usually in other countries.
whers peter from im in collingwood ontario interested in creamation use to work funeral home
I will find out
On a Death Certificate. It says cemetery or cremated. If Someone is cremated in has be deposited in a cemetery why dont they let you put the name of the cemetery on the Death Certificate ?
Because that is not final disposition
@@KaritheMortician is it true that ashes have a tag with it and you can call a number and they can find by the number what crematory or funeral home the ashes came from cuz my sister found some ashes with name of the crematory and they can find out what funeral home it came from
@@thaimays6933 Ok
@@KaritheMortician Thank you
@@thaimays6933 Not a 1-800, but yes - the ID tag is logged with specific crematory and records are kept for years...
I get why people would ask if the bodies sit up. My question is, is there even room for them to sit up if they could?
Not fully up no
How many gallons of natural gas does it take for 160 lb person? Propane?
Great question for round 2
i as an young termly ill guy I'm considering cremation option after i pass but unsure if they beable to cremate my body as I'm 7ft 4 tall and around 130lbs ??
yes they can and no they won't cut you up
@@KaritheMortician Thank you for your kind reply never even thought about if there cut me up good job not tho as never even thught about it just hoped maybe i could be cremated even tho so tall an slim build thanks
Well if they ever order pizza for lunch at the crematorium shouldn't be an issue finding where to keep it warm
It would destroy it
I lived down the street from a funeral home. One night during Thanksgiving night the wind was blowing down wind. And I just about puked it smelled like death from the funeral home. I told the funeral director and he said he’d talk to the guy.
Maybe somebody in the neighborhood just accidentally burned their turkey.
How awful!
I have never had smells coming from the funeral home
@@KaritheMortician it was the smell of death like they say you’ll never forget that smell sorry 😞
Diesel? Probably heating oil.
:)
Glad Im part of the percentage that gets these notifications! 😁
Me too!!!
I don’t get any for some reason. Might be because I use an iPad
@@geedubb2005 I’m on my iPad watching the video now. Did you subscribe to all notifications?
@@DetroitPinkii I sure do Pink. I’ve messed with settings, unsub’d then resub’d, made sure notifications are on and everything. Maybe google doesn’t like me because I set notifications to go to my yahoo mail acct. I’ve changed it back and forth to no avail. It’s ok though. I usually have time to go through my favorites and check them.
Have a great evening!
You too!
I guess I'm gonna make a grease 🔥 fire.
Me too. Maybe they can do it like they make lard and recycle us.
:)
Hello
Hi!
@@KaritheMortician I'm good u
We put a radio and a mobile phone in my brother's coffin. He was cremated, I wonder what happened to them
Possibly exploded because of the batteries
WHY DO YOU WANT TO CREMATE A BODY IN A GASKET?
CAN YOU JUST CREMATE THE BODY ALONE?
Someone told me belly buttons don't burn in the cremation ? I'm like??? Is that true ??
lol yes they do
Thank you Kari!! Because I was watching Gdubya channel and someone asked him that and he said they don't and when I Google it it said they don't I was like HOW wouldnt they?? Lol thank you for responding! You're the best! Love Amy
There's no way you get paid minimum wage for that job
:)
WTH IS this about? Seriously, in America. What would it cost me to be cremated as opposed to the BS of burial? THUMBS DOWN @1:15?
Pardon?!
A body will move when it's cremated look at the video on youtube called my daddy's cremation and keep an eye on his left leg you will see it move up a couple of times he is just layed in a cardboard box not a coffin
thanks
Should it cost less to cremate a man with no legs?
no, can't describe if the deceased is still 150 or even 3oo or more pounds...
Nope
peter your in ontario interesting kari peter cute probably married i use to work in cambridge ontario now living in collingwood ontario
:)
Peter is very happily married…
-Peter’s wife
@@annecaldwell8793 ❣😂
I'll bet they keep the gold from fillings. Recycled right into their pockets.
there is not enough gold to be worth anything lol
@@KaritheMortician Nazi Germany felt different. lol
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