Services
- Traditional Funeral: The most common in the U.S. (83%)
involves removal of the body from the place of death; obtaining death certificate;
placing obituary notices; preparing the body (usually including embalming)
and placing and arranging the casket for viewing; ordering flowers; conducting
visiting hours at the funeral home; providing care of the body; organizing
and directing the funeral service, often in a chapel at the funeral home;
arranging for a member of the clergy to conduct a religious ceremony. If
requested, making cemetery arrangements; arranging for pallbearers, if
necessary; transporting the body to the cemetery or the crematorium and
organizing the funeral procession.
- Graveside or church Service: A variation on the traditional
funeral in which the service is conducted at the graveside or in the church,
thereby eliminating the need for using the funeral home facilities for
the service. A graveside service also eliminates the need for organizing
a funeral procession.
- Direct Burial or Cremation: A minimum funeral which involves
removal of the body from the place of death to the cemetery or crematorium.
The funeral director secures the death certificate; but there is no use
of the funeral home, no embalming, no visiting hours; and no funeral procession.
A memorial service (one without the body present) is often arranged later
by the family, friends or church pastor.
Cremation reduces the human remains to ashes, which can be placed in a small container for burial; in an urn for the family to keep; or scattered over the land or sea (where permitted).
Feldhaus Memorial Chapel will be happy to discuss with you your needs of service at your convenience. You may contact us by email or telephone.