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• Preparing an obituary notice still be involved in the design and the
• Scheduling transportation information contained on the plaque, in
arrangements most cases, however, the plaques are a
standard design.
A funeral director will guide you through
all these steps, using your wants, needs Mausoleum: A mausoleum is an external
and desires as a foundation to create a free-standing building constructed as
memorable funeral for your loved one. a monument enclosing the interment
From here the funeral services can be space or burial chamber of a deceased
personalized. Did your loved one have person or people. A mausoleum may
a favorite sports team? What was their be considered a type of tomb or the
favorite type of music? What activity was tomb may be considered to be within
your loved one known best for? Recalling the mausoleum. The most famous
fond memories assists with the grieving mausoleum is the Taj Mahal in India.
process and will help honor the life of
your loved one. Columbarium: Columbarium walls
are generally reserved for cremated
Burial Services remains. While cremated remains can
be kept at home by families or scattered
somewhere significant to the deceased, a
Traditionally, a burial service involves a columbarium provides friends and family
visitation, followed by a funeral service in a place to come to mourn and visit.
a church, or other place of worship. The Columbarium walls do not take up a lot
casket is typically present at both of these of space and it is a cheaper alternative to
events, and it is your decision on whether a burial plot.
to have the casket open or not. You have
the option of having the remains interred Natural cemeteries: Natural cemeteries,
(earth burial), or it may be entombed in a also known as eco-cemeteries or green
crypt inside a mausoleum (above ground cemeteries are a new style of cemetery
burial). Family or religious traditions set aside for natural burials. Natural
are often a factor for choosing burial. burials are motivated by the desire to be
Decisions need to be made on whether environmentally aware, although natural
the body needs to be embalmed, what burials can be performed at any type
kind of casket to use, what cemetery to of cemetery, they are usually done in a
use and what to put on the gravestone. natural woodland area. Conventional
markings such as headstones are
Cemetery types generally replaced with a tree or a bush
Monumental cemetery: A monumental or a placement of a natural rock.
cemetery is the traditional style of
cemetery where headstones or other Burial FAQs
monuments made of marble or granite
rise vertically above the ground. There
are countless different types of designs What is opening and closing and why is
for headstones, ranging from very simple it so expensive?
to large and complex. Opening and closing fees can include
up to and beyond 50 separate services
Lawn cemetery: A lawn cemetery is provided by the cemetery. Typically,
where each grave is marked with a the opening and closing fee includes
small commemorative plaque that is administration and permanent record
placed horizontally at the head of the keeping (determining ownership,
grave at ground-level. Families can obtaining permission and the completion
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