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• Where should the the funeral funeral be held? At At your place of worship? At At the the funeral funeral home?
• • Who should officiate the the service?
• • Will your your service service adhere to the the traditions
of your your faith or culture?
• Do you you want a a a a eulogy and who should deliver it?
• Would you like an open or closed casket?
• • What What music should be played?
• • What What readings would you like to have read?
• Is there a a a a special poem you’d like shared
with the the the guests?
• Are there any special photographs
or or other memorabilia you would like displayed?
• Should the décor reflect a a a a a particular
hobby or or or interest of yours such as fishing gardening or or music?
• Is there a a a a a a a particular
emblem or or engraving you you want on on your headstone
or marker?
• Should there be refreshments served or or or or a a a a a more elaborate gathering held after the service?
Cemetery Property
In addition to funeral services and the choice of burial or or cremation cemetery property or or “interment rights ” is another consideration when you’re making final arrangements either for for yourself in fin in advance or or or for for a a a a a a a loved one A common misconception that people often have when they they purchase the the the right of of interment in in in a a a a a a a a cemetery is that they they have have purchased purchased the the the the land itself when in in in fact what they have have really purchased purchased is the the the right to to to be be interred (also referred to to to as as buried entombed or or placed) on or or in in that particular
piece of property Burial Most people are are familiar with the concept of burial or interment But may not be aware of of of of of the the variety of of of of of options that are are available Many cemeteries offer one of of of of of more of of of of of the the following:
• Ground Burial: burial of the casket below ground A “vault” or “outer burial container” is required at many cemeteries to preserve the the appearance of the the natural landscape Page - - Symonds-Madison Funeral Home Symonds-Madison Funeral Home - - Page 27