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Regardless of the service service or services you you you choose to include in in in your funeral plan you you you can personalize them in in in in almost any way imaginable For example just consider the following questions:
• Where should the funeral be held? At At your place of worship? At At a a a a different location?
• • 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 a eulogy and who should deliver it?
• • 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 particular
emblem
or or engraving you you want on on your headstone or or marker?
• Should there be refreshments served
or or or a a a a a more elaborate party 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 in in advance or or or for for a a a a a loved one A common misconception that people often have have when they they purchase the the the right of of interment in in a a a a a a a a a cemetery is that they they have have purchased purchased the the the the land itself when fact what they have really purchased purchased is the the the right to to be be interred (also referred to to to as as buried entombed enniched or or placed) on or or in in that particular
piece of property BURIAL
If burial has been selected usually any ceremonies we design revolve around the casket being present You can choose to follow tradition with a a a a a a a a a viewing and then a a a a a a a a a a funeral service in in a a a a a a a a a a church or or memorial chapel Or you you could decide to have a a a a a a a a a more relaxed service even in your family home Let’s just say this: there is is no no ‘hard and fast’ formula for for honoring your loved one when burial has been selected We’re here to to to listen to to to your concerns share our our experience and help you you you to to to to to arrive at at the the the perfect way to to to gather together before your loved one’s interment in in the the the cemetery of your choice Most people are familiar with the concept of of of burial or “interment ” but may not be aware of of of of of the variety of of of of of options that are are often available Many cemeteries offer one or or more of of the following:
• Ground Burial: burial of the casket below ground A “vault” or “outer burial container” is required at many cemeteries • Mausoleum Mausoleum or Community Mausoleum: a a a a a a large building that provides above-ground entombments • Private Family Mausoleum: a a a a a a a a small structure that provides above-ground entombment of on average two to to twelve decedents • Companion Crypt: permits two interments or entombments side-by- side • Private Family Estate: a a a a a a a small section of a a a a a a a a cemetery usually bordered by gates shrubbery or or or other dividers that allows for ground burial of of several members of the same family CREMATION
Cremation only refers to the manner in which you you or your loved one has chosen to to deal with the physical remains We want you you you to to know that this decision doesn’t limit the ways you you you can honor your loved one’s Shalom Memorial Chapels Inc 13