Yes. A funeral home, mortuary, or funeral chapel will handle contacting newspapers on your behalf. Most funeral homes will charge you exactly what they are charged by the newspaper. You can request to be carbon copied on the email so you will know that it has been handled exactly the way you want and to the newspapers of your choice.
Most funeral homes will also keep a copy on record should you ever need a copy and some even post them on there website.
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No, except in certain special cases embalming is not required by law. Embalming or refrigeration must take place within 24 hours after death.
A funeral home, mortuary, or funeral chapel would require embalming where there is an open casket or public viewing.
Certain faiths do not believe in embalming.
Airlines do not require embalming either. They require a special container for transfer that allows ice packs to accompany remains for refrigeration.
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A funeral home, mortuary, or chapel expects to be paid in full at the arrangement time by check or credit card. Most funeral homes will also take an insurance assignment as a form of payment as well.
A funeral home will state that they expect payment in full when services are rendered. It is easier to handle payment at the arrangement conference because there is no surprises and if one can not afford the arrangements that would be the time to make necessary funeral arrangement changes.
This is a great reason to pre pay your funeral arrangements. If one makes pre paid arrangements this discussion is already taken care of.
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A funeral home, mortuary, or funeral chapel may chose not to get involved in the floral transaction and focus strictly on the funeral service.
Although some funeral homes, mortuaries, and funeral chapels may be in the floral business as well so they are capable of handling the entire transaction for you.
You may be able to use the funeral home’s website to find links to local floral shops or a simple phone call to ask who the funeral home might recommend.
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Yes
Funeral Homes, Mortuaries, and Funeral Chapels all handle cremation. A funeral home, mortuary or funeral chapel may not have the equipment to handle a cremation on premises but will have a contact with a cremation company that can handle the entire cremation process.
Funeral Homes, Mortuaries, and Funeral Chapels can explain all your options available to you. Although cremation may be less expensive than the average funeral there is many options available and one must look at the arrangements as two. What are your options before one is cremated and what are your options after the cremation is completed.
As with any funeral home arrangements, one must choose which funeral home to handle the arrangements for them. I recommend a funeral home that you can trust and feel comfortable with the funeral director who will be handling all the arrangements. I also recommend pre arrangements or prepaying your funeral in advance and expressing your wishes to your funeral home of choice.
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No.
You should contact a funeral home of your choice and make prearrangements for many reasons:
-Provide all statistical information including social security number, mother’s maiden name, date of birth, birthplace, just to name of few
-Ease your family’s emotional stress at a difficult time
-Help your loved ones avoid difficult decision-making at the time of death
-Ensure that your wishes will be followed
-Save money if you choose to pay for your services ahead of time
By making pre arrangements you are certain that your wishes and all information needed by the funeral home have been taking care of.
By funding your prearrangements they are now considered pre paid funeral arrangements. Each state has different laws as to how the funeral home is permitted to fund your money. Be certain to know all of your options.
By funding your prearrangements in most states you have now “locked in” your future price of your arrangements.
Remember pre arrangement does not mean pre paid funeral arrangements.
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Is the ash really ash? What are cremated remains?
Cremated remains or very fine bone fragments are the final product of the process of cremation.
Cremated remains are not “ash” at all. They are fine skeletal remains of the deceased. With the intense temperature and the cremation process what is left is bone fragments. These bone fragments are placed into a machine that reduces larger pieces of bone fragments into very fine pieces of bone known as cremated remains of the deceased.
Cremated remains or very fine bone fragments can vary in color depending on several factors, one being the cremation container that the deceased is cremated in. They can vary from a soft white to a dark gray color. Cremated remains or very fine bone fragments can vary in size or weight as well. Depending on the machine which reduces the larger bone fragments one’s cremated remains may have larger pieces of bone than having very fine pieces of bone.
Depending on the size of the deceased, the final product of cremated remains may be larger than another. After all it is skeletal remains, so obviously if one is taller and has larger skeletal mass one would have more bone fragments or cremated remains.
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The question is: Can I hold a “Celebration of Life” instead of a traditional funeral?
Yes, as long as there are no legal restrictions you can personalize a funeral in any way you feel. I have done many personalized services and believe that it is a great tribute to the deceased to try and represent their life by putting together a remembrance that reflects them and their beliefs.
Some examples of a personalized service include, but are certainly not limited to: Champagne Toast, Valet Parking, Dove Release, Pets allowed, Favorite items of deceased (Motorcycle, Car, Sports Memorabilia, etc.) at the event.
A Funeral Planner easily can, and often likes to, adapt to be more of a “Celebration of Life” Planner.
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Except in certain cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming or refrigeration must take place within 24 hours after death. If you think about certain religious beliefs embalming is not done. For transfer out of state there are containers “Ziegler Containers” for transfer that may be used. They are usually packed with ice packs for transfer thus remains are kept refrigerated for transfer. We do not use refrigerated trucks to transfer but use airlines for transfer throughout the country.
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They are both containers that are used in ground burial and are required by most cemeteries.
In certain cases you may not be able to use a container or vault if a prior burial did not use one.
Certain states do allow 3 casketed remains in one grave but if you use a container or vault the cemetery would only allow 2 casketed remains in the grave due to the lack of space in that grave.
An outer burial container also known as a grave liner is an unlined container that houses a casket from the weight of the earth and heavy maintenance equipment that will pass over the grave. It does not resist water but will preserve the beauty of the cemetery or memorial park by preventing the ground from settling.
A burial vault is a lined and sealed outer receptacle that houses a casket from the weight of the earth and heavy maintenance equipment that will pass over the grave. It also helps resist water and preserve the beauty of the cemetery or memorial park by preventing the ground from settling.
Burial vaults like caskets can be personalized and offer protection. Outer burial container or grave liners do not.
They are both made of concrete but vaults are lined with materials like plastic, marble, stainless steel, copper, and bronze.
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