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| Professional Care |
Our
funeral professionals strive to serve our clients' needs and
best interest. We are here to help make the experience as
comfortable and emotionally reassuring for you as possible.
Considerations include funeral planning, securing the necessary
permits and copies of death certificates, preparing the notices,
sheltering the remains, and coordinating the arrangements
with the cemetery, crematory or other third parties; transporting
the remains; embalming and other preparations.
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| Consultation |
| When a loved on dies, grieving family and friends
often are confronted with dozens of decisions about the funeral
- all of which have to be made quickly and often under great
emotional stress. To help relieve families of some of these
decisions, an increasing number of people are consulting with
us for the pre-arrangements and pre-financing needs. |
| Traditional full service
funeral |
| Includes our professional care; use of the funeral
home for viewing and visitation; formal ceremony or memorial
service; use of equipment and staff for a graveside service;
use of a hearse or limousine; a casket; outer burial container
or alternate container; and burial, entombment or cremation
of the remains.
A lot of information is required by state laws to complete
the Death Certificate and other information necessary for
complete funeral planning. |
| Direct Burial |
| Services include transportation and care of
the body; The body is buried shortly after death, usually in
a casket or simple burial container; no viewing or visitation
is involved. A memorial service may be held at the graveside
or later. |
| Cremation |
| Among the several preplanning decisions to consider
if choosing cremation is, will there be a service for viewing
the deceased before cremation? A wake or visitation hours can
be arranged just as they are for earth burial or entombment.
Although a casket is not required for cremation, if a viewing
is chosen before the cremation, a casket can be rented or one
that is combustible can be purchased. Cremation can be considered
as an end in itself, but most families feel the remains should
have final resting place that can be identified with names and
dates. Many urns are available for permanent containment of
the cremated remains. |
| Transferring |
| We are well versed in the various requirements
arranging transfers for the deceased: regarding necessary paperwork
and special casket requirements. Our funeral directors can ensure
that all arrangements are made to secure safe passage of your
loved one to almost any destination around the world. |
| Alternatives To Traditional
Services |
| Every family is different, and not everyone
wants the same type of funeral. Some find comfort in family
and friends, flowers, the church service. Others find comfort
in solitude and prefer simple, small private last rites with
only close family and intimate friends. The deceased or their
survivors may not belong to a community that has a defined funeral
service, or they may be in a situation where a traditional service
would be inappropriate. In these cases memorial services and
receptions can be chosen as an alternative to traditional services.
These events are less formal than traditional services. As a
focal point of the service, pictures of the deceased, memorabilia
from his or her life, hobby items or mementos may be brought
to the place of gathering. This is a way of focusing on the
life of the person being remembered. We respect the wishes in
this respect of those in mourning and provide facilities for
receptions or can assist you with arranging them. |
| Traditional “Full
Service Funeral” |
A traditional service for burial, entombment
or cremation, is usually the service of choice. At Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral
Home we believe in the traditional funeral, because it best
serves the needs of family and friends.
The traditional funeral service may be the following:
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Casket |
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Transfer of the deceased to the funeral
home |
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Embalming |
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Dressing, cosmetology and other care
of the deceased |
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Professional support and administrative
staff assistance |
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Use of visitation rooms |
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General use of the facilities for
the service and arrangements |
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Funeral service |
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Use of funeral coach |
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Limousine |
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Utility car |
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Register book |
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Acknowledgment cards |
The traditional service is a meaningful expression for the family,
and it gives friends and associates an opportunity to offer
their tributes in the way of flowers or memorials to churches
or organizations. Generally, a member of the clergy or other
person chosen by the family conducts a service of remembrance.
We encourage the active participation of the family in helping
plan this part of the service. Many times family members take
part by giving a reading, singing or assisting the clergy. If
the ceremony is held in a church, there is no additional charge.
Nor is there an additional charge for arranging and conducting
fraternal services.
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| Direct Burial |
| The body is buried shortly after death, usually
in a simple container. No viewing or visitation is involved,
so no embalming is necessary. A memorial service may be held
at the graveside or later. Direct burial usually costs less
than the "traditional," full-service funeral. Costs
include the funeral home's basic service fees, as well as transportation
and care of the body, the purchase of a casket or burial container
and a cemetery plot or crypt. If the family chooses to be at
the cemetery for the burial, the funeral home often charges
an additional fee for a graveside service. |
| Direct Cremation |
| The body is cremated shortly after death, without
embalming. The cremated remains are placed in an urn or other
container. No viewing or visitation is involved, although a
memorial service may be held, with or without the cremated remains
present. The remains can be kept in the home, buried or placed
in a crypt or niche in a cemetery, or buried or scattered in
a favorite spot. Direct cremation usually costs less than the
"traditional," full-service funeral. Costs include
the funeral home's basic services fee, as well as transportation
and care of the body. A crematory fee may be included or, if
the funeral home does not own the crematory, the fee may be
added on. There also will be a charge for an urn or other container.
The cost of a cemetery plot or crypt is included only if the
remains are buried or entombed. |
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