• Saturday, December 4, 2010

    Funeral: A Time To Say Farewell To A Loved One Who Has Passed On

    By Beverly Wells


    Often, it is never effortless to promptly come to terms with the death of a beloved. There is nothing that can fill the void caused by the loss of someone who is important in your life.

    Even if we know that our lives would not go on forever and that we would all eventually die, we still feel agonizing pain when a loved one passes away. Still, in order to come to terms with the death of a loved one, we need to confront the situation head on. In addition, the fact stands that if the deceased was part of your immediate family, you must take part in the preparations and arrangement for the funeral service. It may be that sorrow will threaten to overwhelm you at this stage, making you unable to go through making decisions; a respected funeral home may be able to provide their assistance at this moment. Nevertheless, you still have to manage some matters regarding the funeral service preparations.

    A funeral should express how the dead person lived his life and it should be planned out in an apt manner. Most funeral homes do not hesitate to make slight alterations in their basic procedure for funeral services for incorporating certain cultural or religious practises of the deceased and of his or her family.

    The first phase is the visitation, which can take place over a few hours or could extend for a few days. In this, relatives and acquaintances assemble in memory of the deceased. This is followed by the formal funeral service, which may be held in the chapel of the mortuary, or a church of your choice, or even at any other location which was special to the deceased. A hearse or funeral coach will have to be arranged if the funeral is to be held in an outdoor venue.

    Once this is done, the family and others arrive at the cemetery for the next phase of the funeral. This can be handled by the clergy or any near relative of the deceased, based on the family's preference. You also have to take care of several other aspects like the type of flowers you want for the service, if you want to exhibit an image of the dead person and who will be the person leading the service.

    The last part of the service is the burial of the deceased's body in a location; the interment is generally based on the kind of cultural tradition that the family has, on the dictates of their religious customs or the decree in the departed's last will and testament. The interment location can be anywhere from a plot on family land to a cemetery, or the cremation could be ordered if the deceased stated it in a will or if the family decide on it.




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