Traditional Services
Traditional Services
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Visitation
A visitation provides family and friends a comforting time to come together, share memories, and say goodbye. We can help personalize this gathering with tribute videos, meaningful items or displays, or cherished photos that reflect your loved one’s life. Our team will work closely with your family to create a heartfelt experience that feels just right.
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Funeral Service
Funeral services may be held in our chapel, a church, or any location that feels right for your family. Together, we’ll create a service that celebrates your loved one through meaningful stories, music, or scripture. If clergy is not chosen, our certified life celebrants can thoughtfully guide the service, offering a personalized experience that brings comfort and begins the healing process.
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Graveside Service
A graveside or committal service may follow the funeral, or it can be arranged as a smaller, more intimate gathering with only close family and friends.
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Personalization
Our funeral directors are here to help you create a service that is personal, heartfelt, and truly honors your loved one. From tribute videos and keepsakes to live streaming for friends and family who cannot be present, we offer many ways to make each service unique and memorable.
Burial Services
A traditional burial customarily includes a visitation, followed by a funeral service. The casket is generally present at both, although the decision to have it open rests with the family. Following the service, arrangements must be made regarding the form of interment. Additional considerations include whether embalming will be performed, the selection of a casket, the choice of cemetery, and the wording for the gravestone.
Cemetery Types
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A monumental cemetery is the traditional style of cemetery where headstones or other monuments made of marble or granite rise vertically above the ground. There are countless different types of designs for headstones, ranging from very simple, to large and complex.
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A lawn cemetery is where each grave is marked with a small commemorative plaque that is placed horizontally at the head of the grave at ground-level. Families can still be involved in the design and in choosing the information contained on the plaque, but in most cases the plaques are a standard design.
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A mausoleum is an external, free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.
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Columbarium walls are generally reserved for cremated remains. While cremated remains can be kept at home by families, or scattered somewhere significant to the deceased, a columbarium provides friends and family a place to come to visit. Columbarium walls do not take up a lot of space and a cheaper alternative to a burial plot.
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Natural cemeteries, also known as eco-cemeteries or green cemeteries, are a new style of cemetery set aside for natural burials. Natural burials are motivated by the desire to be environmentally conscious. While natural burials can be performed at any type of cemetery, they are usually done in a natural woodland area. Conventional markings, such as headstones, are generally replaced with a tree, bush, or the placement of a natural stone.