When actor Luke Perry died of a massive stroke in March, what he was buried in also made headlines. His daughter told CNN, it was a completely bio-degradable burial suit.

While that trend has yet to become mainstream, "going green" is an option here in Wichita for your final decision.

You won't find many interruptions at Ascension Cemetery in Bel Aire. Final resting places aren't known for being loud, except in the process where they actually become final resting places.

But there's another side to this cemetery where the resting places are still final, but the impact on the environment is not.

"And that's what we want people to feel like, that they're part of nature and this is a natural setting, and it's going to be peaceful, quiet, as though you were walking into a field, or into the woods, and experiencing God's beautiful creation,” cemetery director Mark Miller said.

Something else you’ll notice in the Bel Aire cemetery — there are no headstones.

"No. And there will be no headstones,” Miller said.

Instead, there are memorial tiles and a map where you can find the vicinity of where your loved one is buried. Among those buries at Ascension Cemetery is the wife of Steve Bauer.

"When we knew the end was near, she and I did talk about it. And she thought it would be a really good thing to do,” Bauer said.

Steve lost his wife, Micki, to uterine cancer in February.

"We were married almost 43 years,” Steve said.

Micki had a good sense of humor. She loved to bake. And she had a big heart, especially when it came to animals.

"Because of her strong faith, she said, 'I don't want to leave everybody,' but she said, 'I think I got to go,'" Steve said.

She picked a "green funeral." Micki wasn't embalmed.

Her casket....

"It was pine. It was made by the Trappist monks in Dubuque, Iowa,” Steve said.

It was completely biodegradable down to the rope handles.

Dan Welch is a Funeral Director and Embalmer at Cozine Memorial Group at Broadway Mortuary. He says point-four-percent of people chose a green funeral nationwide last year. They come in different "shades."

"For one family it might be having a cremation take place and then purchasing an urn that's maybe biodegradable and then burying that urn somewhere,” Welch said.

Compare that to a "darker" green.

"These individuals would say that there would be no embalming of the body, the individual would be wrapped in some sort of linen and placed into a hand-dug grade,” Welch said.

Going green can save some money on final expenses. For Steve, it did.

"That wasn't a factor, but that is a fact,” Steve said.

There's also a hands-off approach, for the most part, in the landscaping at Ascension Cemetery. They'll mow once a year, or when it's too tall to see visitors.

Micki's family seems to appreciate the simplicity. And so did Micki.

"That something so simple could be so beautiful,” her niece, Marissa said.

There are currently 20 spaces occupied in the natural burial area at Ascension Cemetery. They have room for 500.