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• Preparing an obituary notice involved in the design and the information
• Scheduling transportation contained on the plaque, in most cases,
arrangements however, the plaques are a standard
design.
A funeral director will guide you through
all these steps, using your wants, needs Mausoleum: A mausoleum is an external
and desires as a foundation to create a free-standing building constructed as a
memorable funeral for your loved one. monument enclosing the interment space
From here the funeral services can be or burial chamber of a deceased person or
personalized. Did your loved one have people. A mausoleum may be considered
a favorite sports team? What was their a type of tomb or the tomb may be
favorite type of music? What activity was considered to be within the mausoleum.
your loved one known best for? Recalling The most famous mausoleum is the Taj
fond memories assists with the grieving Mahal in India.
process and will help honor the life of
your loved one. Columbarium: Columbarium walls are
generally reserved for cremated remains.
Burial Services While cremated remains can be kept at
home by families or scattered somewhere
significant to the deceased, a columbarium
Traditionally, a burial service involves a provides friends and family a place to
visitation, followed by a funeral service in come to mourn and visit. Columbarium
a church, or other place of worship. The walls do not take up a lot of space and it
casket is typically present at both these is a cheaper alternative to a burial plot.
events, and it is your decision on whether
to have the casket open or not. You have Natural cemeteries: Natural cemeteries,
the option of having the remains interred also known as eco-cemeteries or green
(earth burial), or it may be entombed in a cemeteries are a new style of cemetery
crypt inside a mausoleum (above ground set aside for natural burials. Natural
burial). Family or religious traditions burials are motivated by the desire to be
are often a factor for choosing burial. environmentally aware, although natural
Decisions need to be made on whether burials can be performed at any type of
the body needs to be embalmed, what cemetery, they are usually done in a natural
kind of casket to use, what cemetery to woodland area. Conventional markings
use and what to put on the gravestone. such as headstones are generally replaced
with a tree or a bush or a placement of a
Cemetery types natural rock.
Monumental cemetery: A monumental
cemetery is the traditional style of Burial FAQs
cemetery where headstones or other
monuments made of marble or granite
rise vertically above the ground. There What is opening and closing and why is
are countless different types of designs it so expensive?
for headstones, ranging from very simple Opening and closing fees can include up to
to large and complex. and beyond 50 separate services provided
by the cemetery. Typically, the opening and
Lawn cemetery: A lawn cemetery is closing fee includes administration and
where each grave is marked with a small permanent record keeping (determining
commemorative plaque that is placed ownership, obtaining permission and the
horizontally at the head of the grave completion of other documentation which
at ground-level. Families can still be may be required, entering the interment
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