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cemeteries, or sections of cemeteries, people will remember fondly for years
only flat markers are used to preserve to come.
the natural appearance of the
landscape.
When Death Occurs
No matter if a death is sudden, or if
Funeral Service it is something that was a long time
coming, the loss of a loved one makes
Options us feel emotional and overwhelmed.
Family and friends getting together to No amount of preparation can fully
honor a loved one’s life is one of the prepare you for the loss of a loved
most important steps in the grieving one. When you are in a heightened
and healing process. You may opt to emotional state, even the most basic
have a traditional religious or military decisions can seem staggering. The
service, or, as more and more people following is a rough guideline of what
are doing, you can choose to have a needs to be done within the first 24
non-traditional ‘life celebration’. hours after death.
Decisions need to be made about the When death occurs at home or a place
location of the funeral, the choice of of business
casket or urn and who the pallbearers If the person was not under hospice
should be. Another decision to make care, the police will have to be
is who will be officiating the service. notified immediately. The police will
You can choose to have a minister (or be dispatched to the home and place
other religious leader) the call to the coroner/medical
or a celebrant officiate the service. examiner. From there the coroner/
The difference between a minister medical examiner will take the body
and a celebrant is that a celebrant and determine whether further action
is non-denominational. Whatever is necessary. The coroner/ medical
you choose, some sort of service is examiner must release the body before
expected from family and friends of the a funeral home can do anything. If
deceased. We are here to help create the person was under hospice care,
a unique and memorable service that contact the hospice representative if
they were not present and they will
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