Burial Services

Human burial dates back 100,000 years, making it one of the oldest traditions known to humankind.

Understanding Burial Services

We have deep respect for this practice. It can be a profound and beautiful way to pay respect to a loved one. However, there are several things to consider when deciding whether to bury a recently-deceased loved one, or when selecting burial during funeral pre-planning.

One of the first decisions you'll need to make involves choosing the cemetery and the specific place of burial within its grounds. You'll then need to select a casket and possibly a burial vault, as many modern cemeteries require their use. At some point, and this does not have to take place right away, the decision becomes one of selecting the headstone or marker and writing the inscription.

Our staff is available to provide important advice in making each of these decisions.

Knowing Your Options

We offer a number of affordable burial service options. They range from simple burials, where only a member of our staff oversees the interment, to simple graveside services led by a minister or celebrant, as well as traditional funeral services followed by burial. Each can be tailored to meet your family's needs and expectations.

Reasons to Hold a Burial Service

You may be surprised to learn of the benefits of well-crafted burial services. During the arrangement conference with a funeral director you'll have the opportunity to discuss the features and benefits of graveside services and look at reasons why families choose a graveside service:

Simplicity: Many people long for greater simplicity in their lives; a natural, uncluttered, uncomplicated life. This is nothing new to the human heart. Consider well-known religious orders who continue to strive for a simple, sincere approach to life. Graveside services accomplish that.

The Natural Setting: What better place to celebrate the life of a loved one than under the open sky, beneath trees, or beside a garden of flowers? No matter the type of cemetery, the emotional and spiritual comforts of our natural surroundings are typically appreciated by all.

Religious Requirements: There are important religious reasons families choose burial services over other final care options. For example, in the Christian faith, the belief in the resurrection of the body makes burial an act of religious ceremony. Jewish families and those practicing Islamic traditions also have strong religious and social commitments to burial.

The Importance of Witnessing: As mentioned earlier, human societies at all times and in all places have incorporated burial into their cultural or religious practices. This long-lived social relationship with burial has resulted in a core belief shared among peoples around the globe: burial is an act of respect made meaningful when it is witnessed.

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