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Standard Funeral Service Arrangements
 Handler Funeral Homes provide a wide range of
services to meet the needs of all families we are privelaged to
serve.
Arrangement Conference
This conference is of utmost importance, whether it
be at the time of need or in a pre-arrangement setting. We take time
during this conference to meet with the family, find out about them and the
person they are arranging for, and assist them in determining what services will
best serve them. The conference is the time where our relationship with the
family is established. This meeting will decide, in detail, the
'personality' of the service desired. It is at this point the planning for
the "Celebration of Life" begins.
Traditional Funeral Services
A traditional funeral service is when
your loved one is present. Generally visitation is held the day or night
before the funeral. The funeral service itself is held either in our
funeral home, a church or other location, followed by a procession to the
cemetery for a committal service, or if cremated, the deceased is returned
to the funeral home.
Basic Services
Our basic services include, but are not limited to:
- Staff and facilities necessary to respond to initial
service request.
- Sheltering of remains.
- Gather personal information for, and assist family
with, newspaper and radio obituary.
- Preparation and filing of necessary
permits and authorization relating to the death and burial or cremation.
- Consultation with the
family or other responsible party to determine services desired.
- Ascertain times for visitation and arrange staffing
for greeting family and friends. (Greeters are necessary to direct people
and assist them with questions they may have.)
- Arrange location for services such as funeral home,
church or other setting for the service selected. (We have held
services in our families' backyard, local civic center, reception halls,
fraternal clubhouse, etc.)
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Contact officiate, fraternal groups, veterans, musicians, etc.
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Arrange floral arrangements.
- Coordinating the details with the cemetery,
crematory, and/or other parties responsible for the final disposition of the deceased.
- Supervision of transfer to cemetery, or
airport.
Embalming
and Other Preparation of the Body
The embalming process includes preparation and
sanitary care to ensure disinfection and preservation. Embalming requires
specialized facilities and equipment. Other preparation of the body includes
bathing, shaving, dressing, cosmetizing and casketing.
Use
of Facilities and Staff for Visitation
We provide either our
Tecumseh or Clinton Chapels for visitation.
- Arrangement of visitation period.
- Arrangement, setup, and maintenance of visitation
room.
- Attendants for visitation period.
- Receiving and placement of floral tributes.
- Use of facility for the following visitation
period.
Use of Facilities and
Staff for Funeral Ceremony
We provide either our Tecumseh or Clinton Chapels for
services.
- Funeral home assistance prior to, during and
following the services.
- Coordination and direction of funeral
services.
- Use of facility for funeral service.
- Direction of interment service.
Outside Service of
Funeral Director, Staff and Equipment
(when service is at a
location other than funeral home)
- Funeral home assistance prior, during and following
the services.
- Coordination and direction of funeral services.
- Preparation by funeral director and staff for
transfer to funeral site other than funeral home.
- Funeral director for additional time at site.
- Necessary staff for additional time at site.
- Use of specialized outside service equipment.
- Direction of interment service.
Transportation
Services
- Use of utility vehicle.
- Transfer of deceased to funeral home.
- Use of funeral coach.
- Other automotive equipment including use of service
car (non Funeral Coach) for local disposition.
Funeral
Merchandise
We provide a wide range of caskets to select
from, and are
able to
obtain special order caskets within a 24 hour period. Our casket
selections cover a wide variety. We offer masculine, feminine, religious, non religious,
metal, wood, expensive, inexpensive and so on. There are floral themes, needlepoint,
hunting, farming, golfing, etc. We try
to touch all walkes of life in our casket selection room,
but many others are available for special order (at no additional cost) that
may be more fitting.
We also offer outer burial containers (vaults),
cremation urns and pendants, monuments, register books, thank you cards,
etc.
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