Page 11 - Pattison Funeral Home

Burial services
There are different elements you can choose from when arranging a burial, depending upon your individual needs and preferences:
A Graveside Service (or ceremony): family and friends may gather for a brief ceremony which will take place at the grave location in the cemetery of your choosing instead of at another facility.
Visitation allows family and friends to gather in a room with the departed loved one (in an open or closed casket) and gives everyone the opportunity to say goodbye and offer their support and sympathy to the bereaved.
Funeral or Memorial Ceremony serves to celebrate, honor and remember the life of the deceased. Whether traditional or unique, both the visitation and the ceremony can be personalized to reflect the individuality of your loved one.
Graveside or Committal Services that follow the funeral or memorial service are held at the cemetery and allow family and friends to be present as their loved one is
transferred to his or her final disposition through ground burial.
Cremation services
The biggest misconception about cremation is that there cannot be a visitation or ceremony. This is absolutely not the case – when you choose to care for the physical remains through cremation, we encourage you to consider holding a memorial service as well. There are many options open to you when it comes to honoring your loved one’s life: you can provide an opportunity for friends and family to say goodbye through a final viewing before the cremation and you can also arrange a ceremony for either before or after the cremation occurs. After the cremation itself, there are a variety of choices for the interment of your loved one.
Interment means that you will bury or inter your loved one’s cremated remains. This can be in a cemetery plot or a cremation niche.
Ask our staff for a detailed list of interment possibilities.
Pattison Funeral Home - Page 11