FAQs

What type of funeral fits your family?

Every funeral is different. Every family is different. A family should make a funeral choice that fits their needs at the time of loss. Among the options to consider are: traditional service with viewing and burial, traditional service with cremation to follow, cremation with a memorial service, or any type of arrangement that is right for your family. Many people are now using our pre-planning and pre-funding services to ensure their wishes are carried out upon their death and to relieve family and friends from additional stress.

How can we make the funeral service personal?
What determines the cost of a funeral?
What about pre-planning and pre-funding a funeral?

Answering Your Questions

Funerals are an important step in the grieving process, as well as an opportunity to honor a life lived. They offer family members and friends a caring, supportive environment to gather and support each other in a loss, as well as to celebrate the life that has been lived. Browse our list of frequently asked questions and answers to get to know more about the whole process.

What type of funeral fits your family?

 

Every funeral is different. Every family is different. A family should make a funeral choice that fits their needs at the time of loss. Among the options to consider are: traditional service with viewing and burial, traditional service with cremation to follow, cremation with a memorial service, or any type of arrangement that is right for your family. Many people are now using our pre-planning and pre-funding services to ensure their wishes are carried out upon their death and to relieve family and friends from additional stress.

How can we make the funeral service personal?

 

A funeral can be as unique as the person who died. Picture displays and video tributes are examples of the several ways to portray and celebrate the life of a loved one. Not only do these provide family and friends with a visual means to remember their loved one, assembly picture boards are also an opportunity to reminisce while designing the display.

 

Some families choose unique songs and music to play at the service. Having a reception following the funeral or memorial service provides fellowship and a place for people to gather and visit in a more casual setting.

 

Other options to personalize a service may include: dove release, balloon release, displaying personal memorabilia or treasures, and working with the funeral director to create a marker or monument that reflects the life of your loved one.

What determines the cost of a funeral?

 

You and your family do. A funeral can be as extravagant or as simple as you desire. The type of service and other items selected determines the cost of a funeral. An estimate of costs based on items and services selected is provided to the family and our general price list is provided for easy reference. A funeral does not have to be an extravagant display as there are caskets and urns available at all cost levels to fit the needs of every family. Pre-planning and pre-funding your funeral can help control costs. By making decisions ahead of time, you avoid having to make choices at a time when your emotions are heightened. Pre-planning and pre-funding also provides an opportunity for you to set aside funds that can be used to pay for part or all of the service.

What about pre-planning and pre-funding a funeral?

 

By planning and arranging a funeral in advance, you have the opportunity to discuss your wishes with your family. Having the details of a loved one’s funeral or memorial service settled before death allows families to make informed decisions. Pre-funding a funeral enables you to set funds aside to cover the costs of the funeral arrangements. These expenses can be partially or fully funded through the legal establishment of funeral trusts or life insurance. These funds earn interest and are fully transferable.