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It is, however, generally required to process. There may or may not be
allow long delays between death a wake, a funeral service is either in
and the funeral. A funeral home a place of worship or at the funeral
may require embalming for open home. Following the service, the
casket viewing during the funeral deceased is taken to the place of
process. It effectively protects funeral final disposition, the crematory. Some
workers, family members and friends families will accompany the deceased
alike from a wide range of potential to the crematory for a final committal,
hazards, and removes the unpleasant much as it is performed in a cemetery,
changes caused to the body by while others choose not to. The
death. Embalming is required when cremated remains become available
final disposition is in another country. to the family on average 3 to 5 days
Funeral directors must adhere to the following cremation.
requirements of the receiving country, Why should I pre-arrange my funeral
and will obtain such requirements or burial?
from the nearest local embassy of When you plan ahead, you will be
that country. able to consider the many options
What options are available besides in available. The opportunity will be
ground burial? there to make an informed decision
Besides in ground burial, a family about the funeral, the type of service
may choose to have an entombment, and final disposition of burial,
placing of the casket in an above entombment or cremation. The
ground enclosure, or cremation. choices will be meaningful to you and
Can I still have a funeral service with your family, and you will gain peace of
the body present if I chose cremation? mind knowing your family and friends
Yes, cremation, as in burial or will be relieved of the emotional and
entombment is a form of final financial burden often associated with
disposition. Cremation is very much making arrangements when a death
a part of the traditional funeral occurs. If pre-funding your funeral,
some funeral homes guarantee their
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