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• Who should officiate the service?
• Will your service adhere to the traditions
of your faith or culture?
• Do you want a eulogy, and who should
deliver it?
• Would you like an open or closed casket? • What music should be played?
• What readings would you like to have
read?
• Is there a special poem you’d like shared
with the guests?
• Are there any special photographs
or other memorabilia you would like
displayed?
• Should the décore reflect a particular
hobby or interest of yours, such as
fishing, gardening or music?
• Is there a particular emblem or engraving
you want on your headstone or marker? • Would you like your family to arrange a
luncheon following the service?
Cemetery property
In addition to funeral services and the choice of burial or cremation, cemetery property, or “interment rights”, is another consideration when you are making final arrangements, either for yourself in advance, or for a loved one.
A common misconception that people often have when they purchase the right of interment in a cemetery is that they have purchased the land itself, when in fact what they have really purchased is the right to be interred (also referred to as buried) in that particular piece of property.
Burial
Most people are familiar with the concept of burial or interment, but may not be aware of the variety of options that are available. Many cemeteries offer one or more of the following:
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Ground Burial: burial of the casket below ground. A “vault” or “outer burial container” is required at many cemeteries; Mausoleum: a building that provides above-ground entombments
Private Family Mausoleum: a small structure that provides above ground entombments of, on average, two to twelve decedents
Single Plot: you can have two caskets and two urns OR four urns interred in this plot.
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