Memorable and Unique Service Options for Burials- Support and Care after a Loss

One of the most crucial steps in the process of grieving and healing is when family and friends get together to honor and celebrate the lives of their loved ones. Preparing for a funeral can be challenging with a range of personal decisions that need to be made along with the legal requirements that are observed during such a difficult time.

Depending on the wishes and specific needs of the family regarding their loved one’s death, there are numerous activities that a funeral director takes care of. This is from the moment they are contacted until the conclusion of chosen services. Situations are different but there are basic elements of the services that are provided by funeral homes and directors when a person passes away.

After Death Occurs

The funeral director and staff are available to serve families after a death occurs on a 24-hour basis. They are on call throughout the year and are responsible for removing and transferring the deceased from various places of death such as hospitals nursing homes and homes to a funeral home. If necessary, they also provide transportation for the deceased individual to and from the crematorium.

Professional Care

The deceased is cared for professionally according to the requests of the family and may include cosmetology, hairdressing, casketing, dressing, restorative art, washing, and embalming.

Paperwork

Consultations are arranged with the family to collect the information that is required to complete paperwork, including a certificate of death among others as well as arranging the funeral service details. Funeral directors are also responsible for formulating, completing and filing all the required paperwork that consists of certificates of death, authorizations, and other permits and acquiring the necessary number of certified copies of death certificates for the family.

Obituary

The information that is provided can be used to compose an obituary that includes survivor information, biographical information and service information that is sent to the newspapers and publications the family requests.

Official Duties

The family is assisted by getting in touch with the clergy that the family chooses singers, musicians and other performers if requested. Arrangements can be made with various special groups such as a fraternal, military and others to participate or be present at the funeral service. Honorariums can be arranged and given to specified individuals as the family requests.

Disposition Arrangements and Inquiries

The funeral home contacts and arranges required details with the crematory, cemetery or another disposition place, inquire about the fees rules and other obligations before funeral services. It helps the family with questions regarding insurance claims benefits and other similar inquiries.

Memorial Products

Memorial products are provided, which may consist of tribute DVDs, prayer cards, memorial folders and acknowledgment cards as requested. Funeral directors help families with arrangements of photo collages, framed photos, flowers and various memorial pieces during visitation or services and make sure they are cared for and returned to the family after services. Learn more about burial with a full service here.

Directing Funeral Services

• Chosen funeral services are directed professionally from visitation to service, to a procession when necessary and to disposition, which may be burial or cremation of the remains.
• When the service is concluded, tribute DVDs, displayed photos of memorial contributions, flower cards, register book, flowers and other items are delivered back to the family.
• The family can be assisted with other arrangements that are required for the service such as adding death dates to the existing monuments or buying new monuments.

Contacting a Funeral Director

Whether death is sudden or something that was anticipated losing a loved one makes you feel overwhelmed and emotional. There is no amount of planning that can completely prepare for you this type of loss. In an elevated emotional state, basic decisions can seem complex.

• Once the proper authorities clear everything, the next call that should be placed should ideally be to a funeral director. A funeral director helps you obtain pertinent documentation, transports the body and selects an urn or casket as well as arranges the memorial or funeral service if pre-planning for the event has not been done.
• A funeral director also helps you inform the insurance company and employer about the deceased to facilitate those arrangements.
• The role of funeral directors is essential for helping and advising you while working hard to ease the logistics and stress that are associated with funeral planning. It is advisable to meet a funeral director as soon as possible to start making the final arrangements for a loved one.

Making Funeral Arrangements

• Making decisions regarding the final arrangements can be a daunting task when you are highly emotional but the staff at a funeral home have ample experience dealing with these types of issues and will do everything to make sure the process is smooth.