Archive for the ‘Death Ref Questions’ Category
Using Cremains in Memorial Tattoos
25, Oct 2009Samantha asks the Death Reference Desk: A couple relatives and I just had my aunt’s ashes put in ink for a memorial tat. My question is since she was so sick, will there be a transfer or will it be okay since she was cremated? The short answer is: Yes, it’ll be okay. Cremators run [...]
Death Masks: Still Being Made?
12, Aug 2009From time to time, we will feature questions we receive across the Death Reference Desk. Jason writes: I was reading in “The Rest is Noise” that there was a death mask made of the composer Arnold Schoenberg, who died in 1951. This got me to thinking: Do people still have death masks made? Are there [...]