Every year, over 2 million Americans choose cremation.
Nearly half of those ashes end up at home indefinitely...
or in landfills, storage, and thrift stores.
We're here to change that.
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Launching January 2026

What Happens After Cremation? We Help You Finish the Story.

Expert guidance for families navigating permanent placement and thoughtful memorialization after cremation.

America's first post-cremation consultancy, dedicated to guiding families through meaningful, permanent placement and thoughtful remembrance.

We're not a funeral home. We help families who have already completed cremation and are in legal custody of their loved one's ashes. Our focus is what happens next: permanent placement, memorialization, and finishing the story with intention and care.

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Cremations Annually
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Never Find Permanent Placement
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Remains Have No Permanent Home
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Pet Ashes, too!
Bespoke Undertakings is the first post-cremation consultancy and memorialization studio in the United States
Founded to help families navigate permanent placement with expert guidance, thoughtful design, and compassionate support.
Joe Bell
From the Founder
Why We Built This
Joe Bell

Joseph Demerly Bell

Third-Generation Funeral Director | 78 Years Family Engagement | 20 Years Nonprofit Leadership | C-Suite Executive | MBA | Proud Dad

I come from three generations of funeral service, representing 78 years of family engagement in the industry. I've seen what works and what doesn't. I know what families need, and I know where the system fails them.

After cremation, families often face a gap no one is addressing. Funeral homes focus on the service itself, then the relationship ends. Families are left holding urns, uncertain about next steps, overwhelmed by options, and paralyzed by indecision.

Some keep remains at home for years. Some choose placements they later regret. Some never find closure at all. This isn't a failure of families. It's a failure of our industry to serve them beyond the initial service.

That's why we built Bespoke Undertakings. We're not a funeral home. We don't handle bodies or perform cremation. We focus exclusively on what comes after, guiding families through permanent placement with expert knowledge, thoughtful design, and compassionate support.

We help families finish the story with dignity, intention, and peace of mind. Whether that means a cemetery niche, permitted scattering, home memorialization, or something uniquely meaningful to them, we're here to make it happen.

This is personal for me. This is professional. And it's long overdue.

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