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Memorial or Tribute                                       •  What music should be played?
                                                                 •  What readings would you like to
       Service                                                      have?
                                                                 •  Is there a special poem you’d like
       At a memorial or tribute service, a casket                   shared with the guests?
       or urn is usually not present.  Otherwise                 •  Are there any special photographs
       similar to a funeral or visitation, a                        or other memorabilia you would like
       memorial service gives family and friends                    displayed?
       a time to come together in your memory                    •  Should the décor reflect a particular
       and celebrate your life.
                                                                    hobby or interest of yours, such as
                                                                    fishing, gardening or music?
       Graveside Service                                         •  Is there a particular emblem
                                                                    or engraving you want on your
       As its name implies, a graveside service                     headstone or marker?
       may be held at the grave site just prior                  •  Should there be refreshments served
       to burial of a casket or urn, and usually                    or a more elaborate party held after
       consists  of  final  remarks,  prayers  or                   the service?
       memories. The service may occur after or
       in place of a funeral service.
                                                                 Cemetery Property
       There’s no one, right way to plan a funeral               In addition to funeral services and the
       service, we believe that each funeral                     choice of  burial or  cremation,  cemetery
       should be as unique and memorable as                      property, or “interment rights,” is another
       the life it honors.
                                                                 consideration  when  you’re  making  final
                                                                 arrangements, either for yourself in
       When planning your own funeral service                    advance, or for a loved one.
       in advance, think about the way you
       want to be remembered. Perhaps you’d                      A common misconception that people
       like a traditional funeral aligned with                   often have when they purchase the right
       certain religious or ethnic customs. Or, a                of interment in a cemetery is that they
       celebration focusing on great memories                    have purchased the land itself, when in
       made with family and friends may be your                  fact what they have really purchased is
       preference. Maybe it’s a combination of                   the right to be interred (also referred to as
       both. You can have one service, or several,               buried, entombed, enniched or placed)
       to honor your life.
                                                                 on or in that particular piece of property.

       Regardless of the service or services you
       choose to include in your funeral plan, you               Burial
       can personalize them in almost any way                    Most people are familiar with the concept
       imaginable. For example, just consider                    of burial, or “interment,” but may not be
       the following questions:
                                                                 aware of the variety of options that are
                                                                 often available. Many cemeteries offer
       •  Where should the funeral be held? At                   one or more of the following:
           your place of worship? At the funeral
           home?                                                 •  Ground Burial: burial of the casket
       •  Who should officiate the service?                         below ground. A “vault” or “outer
       •  Will your service adhere to the                           burial container” is required at many
           traditions of your faith or culture?                     cemeteries.
       •  Do you want a eulogy, and who                          •  Mausoleum, or Community
           should deliver it?                                       Mausoleum: a large building
       •  Would you like an open or closed                          that provides above-ground
           casket?


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