Thursday, January 21, 2010

Functions Of An Undertaker In A Funeral Service

By Anton Alvarez

Undertakers, who are also called funeral directors, are people who are next in significance to the family of the departed and the clergymen when it comes to funeral services. These are professionals who help you arrange the funeral, right from the beginning to the end. The task of undertakers is such that they have to be ready anytime during the day and on any day of the year.

In the wake of such a huge loss, the bereaved family may not be able to take fast decisions regarding the service and final disposition of the body. Herein lies the significance and utility of the undertaker. His responsibilities include planning out the particular time, place, and way in which the funeral service will be organised. In addition to that, the undertaker in fact helps you come to terms with your loss, by simply being there at your service and acting as an organiser of the funeral services, which display the love and respect you hold for the departed.

Preparation of a funeral service starts with deciding upon its time, place and date and then informing the same to relatives and acquaintances. After this is decided, the undertaker assists you in getting the deceased to the funeral home or to the place where he or she is to be finally rested. In case of a burial service, the right coffin in which the body is to be laid is usually selected by the undertaker.

Moreover, the undertaker also helps in planning the funeral service, including choosing florists, flowers, church, making arrangements for for transit facilities, food, clergy, music, copies of script of hymns, headstone and ashes. The wish of the family is always taken into account in all these preparations so that the deceased receives a funeral service in a manner he or she would have wanted to.

Last but not the least, some undertakers even help you in getting the dead from other places, embalming the body and can also help in carrying out the funeral service in another country, depending on your need.

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