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Traditional Funeral Service
The advantage of choosing a traditional funeral is that it follows a familiar pattern so families will know what to expect. A traditional funeral can make it easier for families and friends, because there's an established etiquette for the different stages of the ceremonies involved. These stages include:
- Calling hours or visitation
- A formal service in a funeral home or church
- Procession with a hearse to escort your loved one to a cemetery
- Earth burial or entombment of the casketed remains in a mausoleum
The charges for a traditional funeral include professional services of funeral director and staff, transfer of remains to funeral home within the county, embalming, other preparation of the remains, use of facilities for 4 hours of visitation (i.e. 2-4 P.M. & 7-9 P.M.) and day of service in funeral home or facilities other than funeral home, committal or other disposition service, hearse, lead car, escort.
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Limited Funeral Service
Includes professional services of funeral director and staff, transfer of remains to funeral home within the county, embalming, other preparation of the remains, use of facilities for 2 hours of visitation (i.e. 6-8 P.M.) and day of service in funeral home or facilities other than funeral home, committal or other disposition service, hearse, lead car, escort.
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Same Day Funeral Service
Includes professional services of funeral director and staff, transfer of remains to funeral home within the county, embalming, other preparation of the remains, and use of facilities for day of service in funeral home or facilities other than funeral home; committal or other disposition service, hearse, lead car, escort.
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Visitation with Cremation Service
Includes professional services of funeral director and staff, transfer of remains to funeral home within the county, embalming, other preparation of the remains; use of facilities for 2 hours of visitation (i.e. 6-8 P.M.), transfer of remains to the crematory.
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Personalized Funeral or Memorial Services
We take great care to offer services to those in our community who are seeking more personal ways to express grief and say goodbye to a loved one. We do not seek only to 'dress up' the traditional funeral services, but listen closely to our families, and create truly unique, completely personal services for your loved one.
Some popular ways in which our client families have personalized funerals include:
- Display arts, crafts, or other personal artifacts that were cherished by the deceased
- Lead the funeral procession past some of the deceased's favorite spots.
- Hold the funeral in a favorite spot of the deceased, especially if he or she was not a churchgoer.
- Playing favorite songs during the Calling hours or service.
- Presentation of a personalized photo display, digital or video memorial.
- Family and friends are invited to write letters containing their unspoken thoughts, which are then placed in the casket with the deceased.
- Online guest books. All comments left by Web site visitors are noted to the funeral register for the family.
- Live music played at services.
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Direct Cremation
Our charges for direct cremation without any attendant, rites or ceremonies include: local removal, refrigeration of remains for 24 hrs, transportation to crematory, and necessary services of Funeral Director and Staff. If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container or cremation casket. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with an outside covering). The containers we provide are fiberboard container or an unfinished wood box.
We will also handle at no extra charge:
- Social Security Death Report
- Veteran's Claim Forms
- Processing Life Insurance Claims Including US Steel and Ford Insurance Claims
- Living Wills and Durable Power of Attorney For Health Care Documents
- We Arrange Medicaid Pre-Paid Funerals
- Consultation for Pre-planned and Prepaid Funeral Arrangements
- Ship-Out and Ship-In Services, including Foreign Country Transfers
- Monument and Headstone Consultation and Designing
- Transfers of Life Insurance Irrevocably
- Assigning Life Insurance Policies
Please call us today, at 1-888-245-5118, to discuss your needs and desires; our professional staff will be glad to answer any questions you may have.
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