References

Jackie will probably be scattered in the crematorium grounds by a member of the crematorium staff. Or maybe she'll get a little columbarium niche for a few years...




The outline of the stages of cremation comes from Forensic Pathology by Vincent DiMaio and Dominick DiMaio pages 379 to 380. I have translated the technical medical language - hopefully without too much loss of accuracy. The timings are appropimate. Factors such as body size, type of coffin and type of retort affect cremation time. Information also came from Encyclopedia of Cremation (edited Douglas Davies and Lewis Mates) pages 132 to 135, and Death to Dust by Kenneth Iserson (Chapter 6).