Dealing with the death of a close friend or relative is the toughest time of human life. Coming in terms with the loss is itself difficult and on top of it making arrangements for funeral is an added emotional burden. To ease one’s pain and burden, there are many funeral service providers/ agencies who provide services related to funerals and make all the needed arrangements.
Funeral
A funeral is done in the memory or the departed soul and is mostly headed by a priest from the same religion that the person belonged to. Funerals may be organized at a church, the cemetery, or funeral home or even at the home of the deceased or a relative’s.
The priest presiding over the function often reads words from religious texts which are meant to comfort the bereaved family. A family member or a close friend often reads an Eulogy that comprises of the major events or memorable moments from the life of the deceased so that everyone present can relate to it and can go back with good memories.
What are funeral services?
Funeral services provide and organize the ceremonies that are either formal or informal that takes place before the burial of the body of the dead. This ceremony provides a platform for the family members, friends, and the well wishers of the deceased to say their goodbyes and gives them a sense of closure about their loss. The ceremonies are religion based and all the procedures are done keeping in mind one’s cultural values but the service also contain a personal touch as death of a near and dear one is a very personal matter. The service takes place with either the casket containing the body of the departed soul or just an urn with his or her ashes.
Funeral service providers
As deaths are difficult in itself to cope up, making arrangements for the funerals are more difficult for the aggrieving family and friends. There are many professional services provider available in the market for doing this job for them. They work closely with the family of the deceased and make arrangements keeping in mind their will and wishes. They also provide legal coverage like taking out death certificate, burial land certificate, etc. They also provide funeral items such as coffins or caskets, which so ever is preferred by the family to keep the body in for visitation.
Funeral homes
Funeral services are important in every religion and culture and service providers help people of the departed soul to arrange the funeral properly. The services include arrangement for funeral, visitations, burial ground, and prayer service place. They are also known as funeral parlor or mortuaries.
The service providers not only support in the arrangements but also become a pillar of strength for the people grieving as these providers help out in all the worldly family affairs at time of mourning and grief.
Contact :
Contact Person: Maureen Sullivan
E-mail: [email protected]
Old Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Address: 4050 Mission Avenue, Oceanside, CA 92057-6402
Tel/Fax: (760)231-8445, ext. 133 or ext. 139
Website: www.sanluisrey.org/cemetery/