Burial Services

Traditionally, a burial service involves a visitation/wake, followed by a funeral service in a church, or other place of worship.  The casket is typically present at both of these events, and it is your decision on whether to have the casket open or not.  You have the option of having the remains interred (earth burial), or it may be entombed in a crypt inside a mausoleum (above ground burial).  Family or religious traditions are often a factor for choosing burial.  Decisions need to be made on whether the body needs to be embalmed, what kind of casket to use, what cemetery to use and what marker or monument to put on the grave.