Traditional Services
We believe strongly in helping families choose the right service options at an affordable price. Our traditional services offer families experiencing grief a choice on how they want to memorialize their loved one.
Visitation
This time is set aside for family and friends to gather together to say goodbye, while being in the comfort of those closest to them. We can personalize the visitation to be as unique as your loved one with a tribute video, items or displays that were important to your loved one, or simply pictures displayed. We will work with your family to design the perfect gathering experience.
Funeral Service
The funeral service can be held in our chapel, a church, or any other venue the family chooses. We work with our families to design a service that honors their loved one with stories, music, or scripture. We also have life celebrants that lead services where clergy may not be chosen. Our celebrants are trained in creating experiences that help start the healing process.
Graveside Service
A graveside or committal service is typically held immediately following the funeral service but it can also be a small intimate gathering of those closest to you.
Values of the Funeral
It is important to remember that the funeral service is not provided for the deceased — but rather to support and comfort the living. In fact, most psychologists agree that a funeral service is the best way of bringing closure to a life that has been lived. It not only helps family and friends move ahead with their lives following a loss, but it also serves as an opportunity to celebrate the life of a loved one.
The funeral service allows family and friends to find strength and comfort by gathering together and sharing memories and special times with one another. Gathering at the service allows everyone to be included in the grieving process and most importantly, allows the immediate family to begin the healing process.
Funeral services can be wide ranging from contemporary to traditional and from religious to secular. Music, scripture, poetry, shared memories, stories
and video tributes can be added to make the service unique and memorable. Oftentimes, families choose to set up a table with personal items and
pictures that help acknowledge the accomplishments, interests and personality of the individual. All of these ideas add meaning to the service or immediate family to begin the healing process.
Funeral services can be wide ranging from contemporary to traditional and from religious to secular. Music, scripture, poetry, shared memories, stories
and video tributes can be added to make the service unique and memorable Oftentimes, families choose to set up a table with personal items and
pictures that help acknowledge the accomplishments, interests and personality of the individual. All of these ideas add meaning to the service or
ceremony and help everyone to share in this special time. Our funeral directors will be glad to assist you in planning the type of service you desire
- Initiates the grieving process
- Acknowledges the importance of a life that has been lived
- Can be personalized to allow mourners to remember and honor their loved one in ways that are special and meaningful
- Serves as a central gathering place for family and friends to give emotional and physical support to one another
- Provides closure for the bereaved
- Confirms the reality and finality of the death
- Encourages mourners to face the pain of their loss and express their thoughts and feelings
- Helps survivors to better cope with their grief and assists in enabling them to move on with their lives
- Provides context for expression of religious and other beliefs