• Tuesday, November 16, 2010

    Funeral Services - A Brief Guide

    By Jannet Ford

    Death of a family member is a traumatic experience, which can make the funeral preparations emotionally difficult. However, like most disturbing things in life, it must be confronted, and you will have to make some arrangements for the funeral service. Almost all funeral homes provide their professional services related to making funeral arrangements and they can provide you assistance, but you must remember a few things.

    A funeral is an expression of how one lived his life and it must be planned accordingly. Most of the funeral services follow a particular pattern, though they are flexible enough to incorporate any cultural preferences that the dead person may have had or his family believes in.

    Visitation is the first stage of the process and it can roll over from a span of a few hours to days. In this ceremony, the family and acquaintances gather to remember their loved one. Then begin the standard funeral proceedings, which can take place in a chapel, a mortuary, a church or any other place that can serve as a proper memorial for the dead person. You will also need to book a funeral coach or hearse to bear the body, if the funeral is taking place outdoors.

    At the end of this service, the family and acquaintances go to participate in the graveyard proceedings at the chosen cemetery. This can be handled by the clergy or any close relative of the deceased, based on the family's preference. Certain matters have to be taken care of at this stage involving the person leading the service, whether some items of the deceased will be displayed, and the kind of flowers to be used.

    The last part of the service is the burial of the body at a site, which is generally based on the kind of burial tradition that the family has. The burial site can be anything from a chosen tract on family land to a graveyard, or the corpse can even be cremated according to the wishes of the deceased.

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