Has anyone done a DIY Cat Cremation?

Ok Perhaps a morbid question. My 17 yr cat is on his last legs (jaw cancer, kidney failure). He's down to under 8lbs now.  I don't expect him to last but a few more day if that. My dogs died during the summer so I buried them in the my garden/backyard.  I live in Fairbanks, Alaska where winters are long and cold.  The ground won't thaw until May.  We tend to be fairly self-sufficient up here sometime out of necessity, other times just because we're independent. 

I have a woodstove and lots of wood.  So I was wondering if I could just cremate him in the wood stove.  Build a fire, let it burn down to coals. Then build a another fire on top of the body. Add more wood until it's mostly ashes.

Probably not all the large bone will burn down completely. But I can just scoop them all up and bury them in May. 

Any suggestions about how to do it?   Not interested in a discussion of whether to do it. You have figure out what to do with the body, I prefer to personally attend to my pet's remains as opposed to throwing them out in the trash. 

I don't think you have 'bad' questions, like you said, the ground is frozen until spring. The only other thing I can think of doing is to seal him in a 'coffin' and freeze until spring thaw. If you can handle cremating him and seeing the bigger bones when you remove him, who am I to say no. I myself would pay the money and have the vet do it, but I have too vivid of an imagination. The one thing I would have to remind myself is that his 'essence' has left, it is just the vessel left behind. I also know it takes HOURS of high heat to cremate, so make sure you do it long enough and hot enough.  Good luck, I'll pray for a peaceful end for your sweet boy.

How sad for you!  I would put him in the freezer, wrapped up & ready for burial & bury in the spring.  Not saying this is wrong but I would personally take him to the vet to do this.