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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Memorial or Tribute Service
At a memorial or tribute service, a casket or • Will your service adhere to the traditions of
urn is usually not present. Otherwise similar your faith or culture?
to a funeral or visitation, a memorial service
gives family and friends a time to come • Do you want a eulogy, and who should
together in your memory and celebrate your deliver it?
life.
• Would you like an open or closed casket?
Graveside Service • What music should be played?

s its name implies, a graveside service may
be held at the grave site just prior to burial of • What readings would you like to have?
a casket or urn, and usually consists of final
remarks, prayers or memories. The service • Is there a special poem you’d like shared
may occur after or in place of a funeral with guests?
service.
• Are there any special photographs or other
There’s no one right way to plan a funeral memorabilia you would like to be displayed?
service, we believe that each funeral should
be as unique and memorable as the life it • Should the decor reflect a particular hobby
honors. or interest of yours, such as fishing, garden-
ing or music?
When planning your own funeral service in
advance, think about the way you want to be • Is there a particular emblem or engraving
remembered. Perhaps you’d like a tradition- you want on your headstone or marker?
al funeral aligned with certain religious or
ethnic customs. Or, a celebration focusing on • Should there be refreshments served or a
great memories made with family and friends more elaborate party held after the service?
may be your preference. Maybe it’s a combi-
nation of both. You can have one service, or Cemetry Property
several, to honor your life.
A common misconception that people have
Regardless of the service or services you when they purchase the right of interment in
choose to include in your funeral plan, you a cemetery is that they have purchased the
can personalize them in almost any way land itself, when in fact what they have really
imaginable. For example, just consider the purchased is the right to be interred (also
following questions: referred to as buried, entombed, enniched
or placed) on or in that particular piece of
• Where should your funeral be held? At a property.
place of worship or the funeral home?

• Who should officiate the service?

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