Services

· Meeting with the family or representatives of the deceased to plan services

· Writing and placing newspaper obituaries in the newspaper (s) of choice

· Securing the death certificate, burial transit permit and cremation authorization (if needed)

· Ordering and obtaining the certified death certificates on the families behalf

· Assisting with the planning of the services

· Coordinating with clergy or celebrant

· Contacting organists, soloists, musicians, bagpipers, etc.

· Arranging for the purchase and/or opening of the cemetery plot

· Arranging for the final date to be engraved on cemetery marker/monument

· Arranging for the cremation and subsequent transportation to crematorium

· Arranging all floral arrangements and tributes that arrive at funeral home or at another venue

· Providing memory boards and tables

· DVD/Television available for use if needed for video tributes

· Ordering a burial vault, cemetery equipment and tent (if needed)

· Contacting and coordinating with U.S. Armed Forces to perform military honors

· Assisting in making hotel recommendations and reservations

· Arranging for limousine services (if requested)

· Providing death notification to the Social Security Administration

· Coordinating with any governmental agency as needed (Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office, Onondaga County Department of Social Services, Crime Victims Board, Bureau of Vital Statistics, etc)

· Providing pallbearers (if requested)

· Ordering floral arrangements (Actual Cost will be charged—approval requested)

· Assisting with Life Insurance claim process (Complimentary service provided by funeral home)

· Complimentary In-House Notary available for your convenience

· Assisting with Veterans Benefit paperwork

 

If there is something that you need us to do that has not been listed, please feel free to ask us. We are here to assist you.