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Reach out to others in which to share thoughts and feelings
Learn to ask for what you need. Your about the death. The funeral becomes
family and friends want to help, so let the first important step in the healing
them know how. Turn to people you can process.
trust for support and for information. Find
people who will listen when you want What do funeral directors do?
to talk. Leave the scrapbook or photo They are the pillars that support the
album out on the coffee table so others survivors during one of their most difficult
can remember and share memories with journeys through life. They care for the
you. family and safeguard and care for the
deceased person. They fulfill the wishes
You may want to talk to others who are of the family by guiding them through and
grieving, consider joining a support fulfilling the funeral arrangements. The
group. Most groups are listed by subject funeral director is trained in embalming
in the phone directory or through and restorative procedures required
churches, newspapers, hospitals, local by a funeral home, for traditional open
health and social service agencies, the casket viewing by family and friends.
Chamber of Commerce or your local They arrange and provide an orderly
funeral home. You can learn and grow in series of events, culminating with the
common, yet different experiences. You final disposition of burial, entombment
do not have to travel this journey alone. or cremation. The funeral director’s
Life can have meaning again. responsibility of properly filing the death
certificate in order to receive permission
FAQs for final disposition is the first step which
allows the family to begin the process
of settling estate matters. The director
What purpose does a funeral serve? will advise the family as to the number
It provides the family and friends with of certified death certificates needed to
a caring and supportive environment begin the process, as well as advising
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