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• Selecting burial or cremation in a crypt inside a mausoleum (above
• Choosing funeral products ground burial). Family or religious
• Arranging a cemetery plot traditions are often a factor for
• Preparing an obituary notice choosing burial. Decisions need to be
• Scheduling transportation made on whether the body needs to
be embalmed, what kind of casket to
arrangements use, what cemetery to use and what
A funeral director will guide you to put on the gravestone.
through all these steps, using your Cemetery types
wants, needs and desires as a Monumental cemetery: A monumental
foundation to create a memorable cemetery is the traditional style of
funeral for your loved one. From cemetery where headstones or other
here the funeral services can be monuments made of marble or granite
personalized. Did your loved one have rise vertically above the ground.
a favorite sports team? What was their There are countless different types of
favorite type of music? What activity designs for headstones, ranging from
was your loved one known best for? very simple to large and complex.
Recalling fond memories assists with Lawn cemetery: A lawn cemetery is
the grieving process and will help where each grave is marked with a
honor the life of your loved one. small commemorative plaque that is
placed horizontally at the head of the
Burial Services grave at ground-level. Families can
still be involved in the design and the
Traditionally, a burial service involves information contained on the plaque,
a visitation, followed by a funeral in most cases, however, the plaques
service in a church, or other place are a standard design.
of worship. The casket is typically Mausoleum: A mausoleum is an
present at both these events, and it external free-standing building
is your decision on whether to have
the casket open or not. You have the
option of having the remains interred
(earth burial), or it may be entombed
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