Traditional Services
Traditional Service Options
A traditional funeral service provides a meaningful opportunity to gather with family and friends, honor a loved one's life, and begin the journey of healing together. These celebration of life services offer a time to share memories, express emotions, receive support, and celebrate the impact a person has made on the lives of others.
A traditional service may include a visitation or viewing, a ceremonial service, and burial or other final disposition. Families can personalize each element with meaningful music, readings, photos, special mementos, and other details that reflect their loved one's personality, values, and life story.
Our funeral directors will guide you through each step of the planning process, helping you create a service that brings comfort, honors your loved one, and provides a meaningful experience for all who gather to remember them.
Option 1: Visitation, ceremonial service and interment/burial
This option includes a time of visitation and gathering that is either private or public and the casket may be open or closed, with a ceremonial service at the Celebration of Life Center, church or other location, and a casket burial at a cemetery or another location.
- Private or public visitation
- Open or closed casket
- Ceremonial service at the Celebration of Life Center or a church
- Casket burial at the cemetery or another location
Option 2: Ceremonial service and interment/burial
This option includes a commemorative service at the Celebration of Life Center, church or other location, and a casket burial at a cemetery or another location.
- Open or closed casket
- Ceremonial service at the Celebration of Life Center or a church
- Casket burial at the cemetery or another location
Option 3: Visitation and interment/burial
This option includes a time of visitation and gathering, followed by a casket burial at a cemetery or another location.
- Private family or public visitation.
- Open or closed casket.
- Casket burial at a cemetery or another location.
Option 4: Graveside Burial
This option is for a graveside burial only that may include a service at the gravesite for a casket burial.
- Private family or public
- Casket burial at a cemetery or another location
Option 5: Direct Burial
This option is for direct burial, in which the body is left in its natural state (not embalmed) and either dressed in clothing or wrapped in cloth and laid in a minimal casket or burial shroud in preparation for burial at a cemetery or another location within 6 days of death.
- Private family or public
- Casket burial at a cemetery or another location
