The following are some of the other services our Funeral Directors will assist you with:
When a death occurs, there are certain criteria, mandated by law, which must be recognized and requirements fulfilled as a routine matter. Our staff of licensed Funeral Directors will assist you and offer any guidance you may require.
- The transfer of the deceased from the place of death to the funeral home
- Professional care of the deceased, which may include sanitary washing, embalming, dressing, hairdressing, cosmetology, and casketing
- An arrangement conference with the family to plan specific details for the funeral
- Locating the deceased's doctor to sign a death certificate; then filing this certificate at the local health department; obtaining the requested amount of certified death certificates for the family
- Obtaining all necessary permits and authorizations, as required
- Preparing an obituary to be placed in any newspaper requested by the family
- Contacting local cemeteries or crematory, as required
- Notifying family members or friends
- Providing a location for visitation and funeral ceremony
- Care and arrangement of floral pieces at the funeral home and cemetery, and delivery to the family's residence after the funeral
- Arranging for Pallbearers and motor equipment, including limousines, as required
- Ordering special floral pieces at the family's request
- Arranging for Cash Advances for cemetery expenses, clergy honorariums, music, funeral escorts, and custom acknowledgments
- Contacting Fraternal or Military organizations to take part in the ceremony
- Arranging for a personalized remembrance package, consisting of a register book, memorial folders, acknowledgments, and an assistance guide
- Assist with Social Security and Veteran benefits
- Coordinate a monument/memorial that will be a lasting tribute to the life lived
- Assist in the selection of a casket, urn and burial vault
- Filing of life insurance claims
- Provide a Children's Room to be used during visitations and funerals at the funeral home