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Article: Sky's the limit for 'burials' ; Nontraditional funeral options are gaining in popularity.

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May 23, 2009
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Tommy Routsong remembers when a tractor led the procession to a farmer's gravesite. Sometimes Routsong rents a Harley-Davidson funeral coach or a horse-drawn carriage for his clients. He once arranged for a local family to have a portion of a loved one's cremated ashes rocketed into space, a la Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.

While some are opting for high-tech funerals, others are returning to ancient ways. Foxfield Preserve in the Stark County hamlet of Wilmot is the state's only nature preserve cemetery and allows only the spreading of cremation ashes and "green" burials: no formaldehyde, no concrete vaults, no metal in caskets. Any headstone must be made of unpolished native stone.

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