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interment space); installation and removal designed to protect the casket and may
of the lowering device; placement and be made of a variety or combination of
removal of artificial grass dressing and materials including concrete, stainless steel,
coco-matting at the grave site, leveling, galvanized steel, copper, bronze, plastic
tamping, re-grading and sodding the grave or fiberglass. A grave liner is a lightweight
site and leveling and re-sodding the grave version of a vault which simply keeps the
if the earth settles. grave surface from sinking in.
Can we dig our own grave to avoid the Must I purchase a burial vault?
charge for opening and closing? It depends on cemetery rules and
The actual opening and closing of the grave requirements.
is just one component of the opening and
closing fee. Due to safety issues which arise
around the use of machinery on cemetery Cremation Options
property and the protection of other
gravesites, the actual opening and closing Traditional Funeral Service with
of the grave is conducted by cemetery Cremation
grounds personnel only. Our traditional funeral service offers your
How soon after or how long after a death family and friends standard visitation hours
must an individual be buried? of 2 – 4 & 7 – 9 pm, though we are able
It depends on cemetery rules and to accommodate other times as you may
requirements. need. Families are offered open or closed
casket* visitations, with the option of an
Does a body have to be embalmed before afternoon or evening prayer or fraternal
it is buried? service. Following one or two days of
No. Embalming is a choice which depends visitation a funeral service, or a mass is held
on factors like if there is to be an open in the funeral home or church followed by
casket viewing of the body or if there is cremation. The cremains are returned to
to be an extended time between death the family to be placed in an urn and buried
and interment. Public health laws may in the earth or entombed in a niche.
require embalming if the body is going
to transported by air or rail. Also, some Funeral Service at your Place of Worship
cemeteries may require embalming for with Cremation
entombment. Some local congregations afford
parishioners or congregants the privilege
What options are available besides of visitation or calling hours in their place
ground burial? of worship. Similar to our traditional funeral
Besides ground burial, some cemeteries service options, we can also help facilitate
offer interment in lawn crypts or calling hours with a celebration of life in
entombment in mausoleums. In addition, your church. Hours of 2 – 4 & 7 – 9 are
most cemeteries provide choices for those suggested. Families are offered open or
who have selected cremation. These often closed casket* visitations, with the option of
include placement of cremated remains in an afternoon or evening prayer or fraternal
a niche of a columbarium or interment in an service. Following one or two days of
urn space. visitation a funeral service is held, followed
by cremation. The cremains are returned to
What are burial vaults and grave liners? the family to be placed in an urn and buried
These are the outside containers into in the earth or entombed in a niche.
which the casket is placed. Burial vaults are
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