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Upon learning of a death, intimate friends of the family should visit the home to offer sympathy and ask if they can help. Some people prefer to visit the family at the funeral home. This setting may be more comfortable … Continue reading →

In the days and months to come, the family will continue to need your support. Try to write or call on a regular basis. Continue to include them in your social plans. They will let you know when they are … Continue reading →

A floral arrangement or a Sympathy gift can be a warm reminder that friends are still there for those grieving. A personal note or card is also an appropriate way to express your thoughts.

Custodial care is a fee the funeral home may charge for the time that the body is being held and no other services are being provided. This fee must be disclosed and identified as a daily, weekly or one-time fee.

Pet funerals and burials are becoming an increasingly-popular option as pets have found a secure place in our homes as a member of the family. For some of us, our pets are much more than just “pets” – they are … Continue reading →

It is also very important to make sure that your family members are aware of your wishes. Put your preferences in writing and give copies to your family members and to your attorney. Do not designate your preferences in your … Continue reading →

Mausoleum crypts are both clean and dry. They also offer a alternative for people who have an aversion to being buried in the ground. They also allow for a maximum number of entombments in a minimum amount of space.

It is the customary way to put closure for friends and family when a loved one passes. Funeral rituals have been around since before the beginning of recorded history and are practiced worldwide in every society. They give worth and … Continue reading →

Usually, your first step in pre-planning your funeral is your local Funeral Director. He or she will also be able to guide you when it comes to selecting a cemetery – or you may want to find a cemetery on … Continue reading →

The funeral home generally has a selection of hymns and other styles of music. It is also possible for the family to provide musical selections to be played on the funeral home’s system. Live music, in the form of a … Continue reading →

It is very common for a member of the clergy to lead the funeral service, graveside service, and to offer support to family and friends. It is important for the funeral process to have special meaning for those closest to … Continue reading →

The location of the funeral service can be in any funeral home, church, or other location chosen by the deceased or the family. A full-service funeral home has the knowledge, the equipment, and the personnel to fulfill the requirements of … Continue reading →

The visitation, preceding the funeral or memorial service, is a time when family and friends gather at the funeral home or other appropriate place to share their grief and to offer support with tributes of flowers, donations to favorite charities, … Continue reading →

Your first contact, when beginning the funeral planning process, will most likely be a funeral home. When a death occurs, your chosen funeral home begins helping you immediately. The staff is prepared to take your call 24 hours a day, … Continue reading →

Often, the major concern for those making funeral arrangements is: What are the right choices? At the time of death, the right choices are often something only the family can determine. However, it is possible and increasingly common for a … Continue reading →

Psychologists, and other experts, agree that the benefits of a funeral service are for those who are left behind. And before family and friends can fully adjust to their loss, survivors must express their grief in ways meaningful to them. … Continue reading →

Funerals should take place as soon as possible, often done on the day of death or the following day. Autopsies are not routinely done unless required by law. Cremation isn’t allowed because traditional Jews are prohibited to desecrate a body … Continue reading →

In preparation for burial, the family or other members of the community will wash and shroud the body. (If the deceased was killed as a martyr, this step is not performed; martyrs are buried in the clothes they died in.) … Continue reading →

Hinduism allows for either cremation or burial, however infants are always buried. The Hindus do not erect tombs because the follow the idea that you should leave the earth the way you arrived, and to have no attachment upon one’s … Continue reading →

Catholic people believe that each person, created in the image and likeness of God, sets out on a faith journey. Our church, and in particular the local parish, is always present along the way to minister to the traveler’s needs … Continue reading →

The Christian church allows burial or cremation. The family will follow the wishes of the person who died in this matter. The priest or the minister from the church will meet with the family of the deceased. The person who … Continue reading →

A Buddhist funeral is usually a very simple ceremony that takes place before the burial or cremation of the deceased. There are not any fixed rules for the procedures. It is not a question concerning Buddhism. If you are attending … Continue reading →

Funeral customs have traditionally varied by religion. In Buddhism, death is prepared for through meditation, and death itself is viewed as a rebirth. Once dead, the body is washed, rituals are performed over it, a wake is held, and then … Continue reading →

Communities afford respect to cemeteries and to the memorialization, which cemeteries provide. In order to protect interment rights holders, strict rules govern the use of cemetery lands. Graves are normally considered to be sold in perpetuity, which restricts possible re-development.

It really depends on the rules and regulations of the cemetery and the laws of the state or province in which the cemetery is located. While some cemeteries will repurchase graves, others have laws restricting the resale to a third … Continue reading →