There are many ways to customize a funeral service or gathering
to reflect on the person being remembered and to allow those present
to participate. Click on Caskets & Urns for a complete listing
of merchandise and personalized offerings.
We are well known in the funeral service for our flexible pricing
and our innovative approaches to memorialization. Click on Selected
Burial Packages for a list of special pricing. You may, if you
wish, itemize from our General Price List which is available from
any of our convenient
neighborhood locations, by
appointment.
When people think of traditional casketed funerals they assume that
embalming is a requirement for this kind of service. Embalming is
only required if a family would like to have a public viewing or
for winter entombment. If a family wanted a graveside funeral without
a viewing then embalming would not be a requirement.
Brookings-Smith provides traditional funeral services tailored to
family wishes and needs. Following is a summary of services that
family usually select from:
Visitation – Calling Hours – Wake
Depending on your religious belief the time to meet in the evening,
or afternoon, has become known by several names. The reason why
people have visitations to set a time and placed for people to
come together in an informal setting to express their grief and
sympathy to the surviving family. Usually this takes place in the
funeral home, but can also occur in a church or private home. The
timing for this usually in the evening so that people who work
can attend.
Funeral Service
A funeral service is a tribute to a loved one with the remains present.
This can be accomplished in a church, synagogue, private home,
or a funeral home. Usually a clergy officiates this service where
it is a reflection of a life lived and is a starting point for
a life without the loved one.
Graveside Funeral Service
This is a funeral service that is held by the grave in a cemetery.
Some people like this kind of service where it is in the out doors
and may reflect the personality of the deceased. Tents are available
if the weather looks wet and we customarily provide chairs for
the family to be seated.
Immediate Burial
An immediate burial happens when a family does not want any form
of tribute for their loved one. Burial occurs soon after the grave
is prepared and usually there are no clergy or family present.
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