Family Guides & Resources

Why families pre-plan, how the 3-step process works, decisions to make, cremation & burial options, and financial benefits.

Who has the legal right to authorize a cremation in Washington, what happens when a family disagrees, and how to settle it in advance.

What you’re actually buying, the kinds of property at Washington Memorial Park, every charge explained, and what ownership means over time.

The three granite-front niche locations at Washington Memorial Park — Rock of Ages, the Garden of Meditation and the new Terrace Garden Memorial Path — with price ranges, rights of interment and what each one includes.

An infographic on the four glass-front niche locations — Eternal Light, the new Mountain View island, Radiance and Serenity — what a glass front shows, how it differs from granite, price ranges and current availability.

A photo guide to the granite courtyard columbarium — the courtyard faces and the outward ones, what a niche includes, what it costs and how many are still for sale.

A photo guide to the new glass-front island inside the Mountain View Columbarium — the room it stands in, the four walls, the family units, and what each opening costs.

A photo guide to the four-sided glass-front columbarium indoors — its four faces, the optional bronzes, what a niche costs and how few are left.

A photo guide to the stepped black granite garden wall — sold as companion niches, the Interlude Urn it requires, the two rules that apply to it, and what is available now.

A photo guide to the newest cremation property — the granite niche bank and the nine individual memorials along the planted path, with prices, rights and what the garden actually looks like today.

A one-page infographic on the Lake Urn Garden and the Rose Urn Garden — what an urn garden is, the rights that come with a space, and the three ways an urn can be placed: in the ground, in a boulder by the lake, or in a cremation post.

Our complete itemized price list for funeral and cemetery services.

VA benefits, the Veterans Garden and Veterans North, marker options, funeral home services, and military funeral honors.

How pre-paid funeral and cemetery arrangements are treated when qualifying for Medicaid, what a spend-down is, and how to set funds aside the right way.

The rules behind the guide: burial fund exclusions, irrevocable arrangements, and WAC/RCW citations for case workers, social workers, and advisors.

What it costs to bring someone home when they die away from home, what a one-time fee covers for life, and the one call the family has to make first.

The two set side by side. What’s the same, what actually differs, where cremated remains can go, and why a resting place matters.

What to do when a death occurs, burial vs. entombment, service types, death certificates, caskets, vaults, and what to expect.

Plans, pricing, containers, caskets, rental caskets, urns, and death certificate info — everything a family needs in one interactive guide.

Natural organic reduction, in partnership with Return Home — how the process works, the laying-in ceremony, receiving the soil, where it may go, and what it costs.

Every flush marker size drawn to scale with the complete all-in price inside it, plus the 20+ granite colors in each price group.

Ceramic photo portraits, diamond and laser etching, and true-size outlines so a family can see exactly how big each photo is.

Every bronze size allowed at Washington Memorial Park drawn on the granite or concrete base it has to sit on, the government match for a veteran's husband or wife, and the complete price for each one.

3rd party marker installation fees, allowed marker sizes by material and interment type, approval process, and key requirements for outside vendor memorials.

Every granite flat-marker and ledger design in the PCM design books — 700 of them — plus the full ornament, border and panel library, grouped by category with the design number on every card and a jump box for finding one while you sit with a family.

Wilbert burial and urn vault options organized by protection level — premium, standard, and basic — with BW pricing and personalization options.

Metal caskets from Batesville with photos, construction details, interior, finish, dimensions, weight, and pricing.

Wood caskets from Batesville with photos, construction details, interior, stain, dimensions, weight, and pricing.

Every metal and wood casket from Batesville in one place, so families can filter and compare across both types side by side.

Urns from Batesville with photos — full-size, companion, biodegradable, and scattering — with material, volume, and pricing.

Keepsake and miniature urns from Batesville with photos — keepsakes, miniatures, pendants, and accessories.

Cremation containers, rental caskets, and the caskets suitable for cremation in full — from Batesville — with construction, dimensions, weight, and pricing.

Interactive niche pricing map for the 145 new glass front niches on the centre island. Hover or tap any niche for pricing.

Interactive niche pricing map for all 14 walls (7 letters × exterior/interior). Garden 19. Hover for pricing breakdown.

Interactive niche pricing map for all four glass-front elevations of ECL-1. Hover or tap any niche for pricing.

Interactive floor plan and 3D interior for all 17 crypt banks, plus the Radiance and Serenity niche walls. Tap any crypt or niche for its detail card.

A photographic 3D reconstruction of the marble crypt corridors inside the building, which a family can move through on a phone or a laptop. It follows the path we walked with the camera; more of the building is still to come.

A photographic 3D reconstruction of the crypt corridors inside the Eternal Light Mausoleum, which a family can move through on a phone or a laptop. It follows the path we walked with the camera; the columbarium has its own niche map.

Five columbarium locations, urn garden burial, glass-front niches, and a comparison to help families choose the right placement.

Itemized pricing for the Rose, Eternal Rest, and Terrace Garden Ossuary scattering plans, with line-item breakdowns.

Interactive niche pricing map for the stepped granite wall — left wing, center section and right wing. Tap any niche for pricing.

Interactive 3D map of the whole Terrace Garden Memorial Path: the 40-niche bank plus nine Paradiso cremation properties — benches, columbarium, birdbath and posts. Tap anything for its price and rights of interment.

A gentle, fillable worksheet for the details needed on the death certificate — one version for families (at-need) and one to complete for yourself (pre-need).

Fill in a family's details and copy the finished letter straight into an email — no attachment needed.

Enter service date and amount — deadlines auto-calculate. Copy the formatted payment options email straight into Outlook.

Four aftercare check-in emails — marker, cremation only, outside burial and full service at the park — with wording that adjusts to the family's relationship. Copy straight into Outlook.

A sample itemized quote for a direct cremation plan — $3,784.92 total with Trayview container, tax breakdown, and what each line item covers.