Are Coffins Cremated with the Body?

Do they burn the coffin at a cremation? Yes, the coffin (or whatever type of container selected to hold the body) is burned along with the body.

Are bodies removed from coffins before cremation?

Yes. The coffin is cremated with the body and nothing can be removed from the coffin after committal.

What happens to the coffin in a cremation?

Coffins are built to be completely destroyed during the cremation process. It takes a lot of heat to cremate a body – so much, in fact, that there's normally little or nothing left of the coffin among the ashes at the end. The ashes themselves are actually fragments of bone.