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witnessed in accordance with Public another funeral director access to
Health Laws, will fulfill the wishes their facilities for the convenience of
and will coordinate with the funeral serving the family.
director the arrangements set forth
in the document. The person signing What if a death occurs in another
the contract becomes responsible for state/town?
the payment of the funeral services Upon notification of the death, call
performed. your local funeral home of choice.
Your funeral director will be able to
What should I be prepared to provide make the necessary arrangements
when going to the funeral home to to transfer the deceased from the
make arrangements? place of death to the local funeral
When making at-need or pre-need home’s care. This relieves the family
arrangements, the family will need to of the stress and financial burden of
provide information required for the dealing with multiple funeral homes.
death certificate. This information, Your funeral director can and will
referred to as vital statistics consists coordinate everything for you.
of the following:
• Deceased legal name, Why are public viewings important?
• Legal address, Viewing the deceased allows family
service agencies, the Chamber of They arrange and provide an orderly • Social security number and friends to begin the process of
Commerce or your local funeral home. series of events, culminating with the • Both parents names (including acceptance. Seeing the deceased
You can learn and grow in common, final disposition of burial, entombment mother’s maiden name) does not increase the pain, on the
yet different experiences. You do not or cremation. The funeral director’s • Date of birth contrary, in most cases it actually
have to travel this journey alone. Life responsibility of properly filing the • Place of birth minimizes the disbelief, fantasies
can have meaning again. death certificate in order to receive • Level of education and often distorted images that are
permission for final disposition is the • If served in the military: years of preset when death occurs. Grief
first step which allows the family to service and a copy of the discharge counselors recognize the importance
FAQ’s begin the process of settling estate papers DD214 of the funeral and the viewing of

matters. The director will advise the • Employment history, position held, the deceased in facilitating the
What purpose does a funeral serve? family as to the number of certified nature of industry and place of acceptance of a death. In the opinion
It provides the family and friends with death certificates needed to begin employment, of many grief professionals, families
a caring and supportive environment the process, as well as advising them • If in ground burial or entombment, that are deprived of the opportunity
in which to share thoughts and on potential issues to be addressed the cemetery and the deed if to memorialize and visualize the
feelings about the death. The funeral shortly after the final disposition. A available, deceased, have more of a difficult time
becomes the first important step in growing number of funeral directors • If open casket viewing is with grief and the grieving process.
the healing process. are trained as grief counselors and anticipated, clothing and a recent
continue even after the funeral to help picture What is embalming?
What do funeral directors do? along in the bereavement process. It is the process of chemically treating
They are the pillars that support the What should I do when a death the deceased human body, using
survivors during one of their most Who can make funeral arrangements? occurs? the circulatory system. This is done
difficult journeys through life. They In most cases it is the closest next Whether sudden or anticipated, call in order to achieve disinfection,
care for the family and safeguard of kin making the arrangements. your funeral home of choice. A funeral sanitation, preservation and
and care for the deceased person. On other occasions, the executor or director is available 24 hours a day, 7 restoration. It temporarily interrupts
They fulfill the wishes of the family by executrix of a will is responsible. An days a week, including holidays. They organic decomposition and restores a
guiding them through and fulfilling agent having been appointed by the will guide according to your individual physical appearance of natural form
the funeral arrangements. The funeral deceased will supersede all others situation. and color. Restoration in embalming,
director is trained in embalming and and make the funeral arrangements. focuses on the physical presentation
restorative procedures required by The agent having been instructed by Can your funeral home conduct a of the deceased, and aims to recreate
a funeral home, for traditional open the deceased, in the form of a legal funeral service in another location? a naturalness of form and colors.
casket viewing by family and friends. document signed by the deceased and Yes. Many funeral homes will allow Restoration is often referred to as

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