A funerary insert kit is designed for used with a reusable shell. The insertkit includes acorrugated paper container and at least one fabric segment. The corrugatedpaper containerincludes a bottom wall, first and second side walls extending upward from thebottom wall, andfirst and second end walls extending upward from the bottom wall. The firstand secondsidewalls, the first and second end walls and bottom wall form an open topcontainer having awidth and length configured to reasonably fit an adult human body in supineposition. The opentop container is configured to fit within the reusable shell. The first fabricsegment is affixed to afirst rigid substrate. The first rigid substrate configured to fit adjacent aninterior surface of atleast a first side panel of the reusable shell.
