The 93-year-old Freemason has been conducting funeral services for the Freemasons for 48 years. “The military and Masonry have been my life,” Miller said proudly as he sat just feet away from a chapel-like room where Masonic paraphernalia is displayed ...
A death in your family, or even a close friend, can be a really emotional time and for many people the arrangements for a burial or cremation have been left to close family to organise as the dearly departed has never pre-arranged a service.
So where do you start?
Make contact with your local funeral home and explore available options to you. Either a cremation or burial is possible, and memorial services for either will also need to be arranged. Go over the choices available to you and sit down with other family members to see what their opinions are. The departed may well have told somebody what types of music they want played or what their preferences are over a cremation or burial.
It is essential when organizing either a burial or cremation service that plenty of people help out as possible. There is lot’s to arrange from cars and flowers to hymns and headstones and allocating certain tasks of the funeral planning to family members will lessen the stress and pressure on only one person.
Thanks to the increasing expense ofheadstones and burial plots, the cost of a traditional burial has risen significantly over the last ten years or so and if funeral expenses have been left to close family then the majority will choose cremation over a traditional burial as they're far more cost effective and a service, similar to a burial service can still be held.
Remember that grieving for a family member or loved one is a very sad time and for many people, being left to organise the funeral stops them from grieving properly so it's essential that you discuss burial preferences with people especially if they're elderly or ill so when their time does eventually come close family know exactly what to do.
Contact us today at funeral to find out more about arranging a burial or cremation.
