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another funeral director access to their Is embalming required by law?
facilities for the convenience of serving Embalming is not required by law. It is,
the family. however, generally required to allow long
delays between death and the funeral. A
What if a death occurs in another state/ funeral home may require embalming for
town? open casket viewing during the funeral
Upon notification of the death, call process. It effectively protects funeral
your local funeral home of choice. Your workers, family members and friends alike
funeral director will be able to make the from a wide range of potential hazards,
necessary arrangements to transfer the and removes the unpleasant changes
deceased from the place of death to the caused to the body by death. Embalming
local funeral home’s care. This relieves is required when final disposition is
the family of the stress and financial in another country. Funeral directors
burden of dealing with multiple funeral must adhere to the requirements of the
homes. Your funeral director can and will receiving country, and will obtain such
coordinate everything for you. requirements from the nearest local
embassy of that country.
Why are public viewings important?
Viewing the deceased allows family What options are available besides in
and friends to begin the process of ground burial?
acceptance. Seeing the deceased does Besides in ground burial, a family
not increase the pain, on the contrary, may choose to have an entombment,
in most cases it actually minimizes the placing of the casket in an above ground
disbelief, fantasies and often distorted enclosure, or cremation.
images that are present when death
occurs. Grief counselors recognize Can I still have a funeral service with
the importance of the funeral and the the body present if I chose cremation?
viewing of the deceased in facilitating Yes, cremation, as in burial or entombment
the acceptance of a death. In the opinion is a form of final disposition. Cremation
of many grief professionals, families is very much a part of the traditional
that are deprived of the opportunity to funeral process. There may or may not
memorialize and visualize the deceased be a wake, a funeral service is either in a
have more of a difficult time with grief place of worship or at the funeral home.
and the grieving process. Following the service, the deceased is
taken to the place of final disposition, the
What is embalming? crematory. Some families will accompany
It is the process of chemically treating the deceased to the crematory for a final
the deceased human body, using the committal, much as it is performed in a
circulatory system. This is done in order cemetery, while others choose not to.
to achieve disinfection, sanitation, The cremated remains become available
preservation and restoration. It temporarily to the family on average 3 to 5 days
interrupts organic decomposition and following cremation.
restores a physical appearance of natural
form and color. Restoration in embalming Why should I pre-arrange my funeral or
focuses on the physical presentation of burial?
the deceased, and aims to recreate a When you plan ahead, you will be able
naturalness of form and colors. Restoration to consider the many options available.
is often referred to as the artistic element The opportunity will be there to make
of the embalming process. an informed decision about the funeral,
the type of service and final disposition
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