FUNERAL PLANNING
A funeral represents an opportunity to honor the meaning of a life. It is a time for sharing and sympathy. You and your family are at the very center of the process and the significance will determine the choices you make for the services.
What we provide:
- Arranging funeral plans
- Coordinating all details with clergy
- Arranging for burial or entombment
- Care and custody of the body
- Securing necessary permits and death certificates
- Assisting in arrangements for cemetery space, grave opening and closing, flowers and monuments.
- Supervision of the funeral or memorial service
COMPLETE FUNERAL SERVICE:
Traditionally, the funeral will be a Complete Funeral Service. This includes a family or public viewing of the deceased. Following this will be a service, typically in the church or at the funeral home. This would be followed by the earth or above ground burial of the casketed remains.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE:
The Graveside Service can be another selection. This many times would follow a time of visitation at the funeral home. The casketed remains would then be transferred to the cemetery where a graveside ceremony could take place followed by the burial.
COMPLETE CREMATION SERVICE:
This service will be just like a Complete Funeral Service except cremation will follow instead of the casketed burial. Following the viewing, service or ceremony, and eventual cremation, the cremated remains can be buried, properly scattered, or returned to the family for safe keeping. Urns are used to hold the cremated remains. Urns can be constructed out of basic materials like cardboard or plastic, or constructed out of more protective materials like basic and semi-precious metals, ceramics, and woods.
IMMEDIATE CREMATION SERVICE:
The Immediate Cremation Service can be arranged as an immediate disposition of the body, but is most times followed by a memorial service at the church, funeral home or other location. A Memorial Service is one where the body is not present. We recommend that if you select an immediate cremation that you are allowed a time, if possible, to privately view the body as a family.