When a loved one dies, family members must plan a funeral. The funeral can range from traditional to cremation, simple to elaborate, public or private. In our culture a funeral is for the living. It is important to gather with family and friends in order to mourn, offer sympathy and support, and celebrate a life. Every family is different and is impacted by their beliefs and customs therefore, every funeral is different.

TRADITIONAL FUNERAL

A traditional funeral typically includes viewing/visitation, services at a funeral home or church, burial or entombment at a cemetery. A traditional funeral usually takes place within a few days or a week after death, depending on where family members live and when they can arrive for the funeral.

Traditional funerals may include the following:

Funeral Home Services and Merchandise
• Basic Services of Funeral Director and Staff
• Embalming, dressing, cosmetology
• Use of facilities and staff for viewing/service
• Local transfer of remains from place of death
• Hearse, escort car, limousine
• Register books, memorial cards, thank you cards
• Casket and outer burial container

Cash Advance Items
• State Burial Permit
• Certified Copies of Death Certificate
• Newspaper notices/obituaries
• Flowers
• Clergy or church offering

Cash advance items the family would handle
• Cemetery charges - cost of grave, crypt, opening and closing, tent
• Headstone
• Luncheon after cemetery service

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CREMATION SERVICES

Many people believe a funeral with cremation is easier and less expensive than a traditional burial. Over the years, State of Ohio regulations and laws governing funerals and cremations increased. Most of them deal with cremation. Cremation is no longer simple and options can be limitless. Families have more choices to make regarding type of cremation service and when and where services can take place.

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Traditional cremation
Typically families choose a combination of a traditional funeral and cremation service. Families have visitation / viewing with the deceased present in a casket. An option of having a service is given and cremation follows. This allows family and friends to come to the funeral home offer sympathy and support while acknowledging and celebrating a life. Placement of the cremated remains in a cemetery would occur at a later time or they may be kept at home.

Cremation Followed by Services
This type of service occurs once cremation is finished. A visitation and funeral service can take place with the cremated remains present in an urn. Burial of the cremated remains may even follow the service making it seem very much like a traditional burial but without a casket. Scheduling for this type of service may be delayed because of regulations regarding cremation.

Funerals with cremation may include the following:

Funeral Home Services and Merchandise
• Basic services of funeral director and staff
• Embalming, dressing, cosmetology, or basic preparation of decedent
• Use of facilities and staff for viewing/service
• Local transfer of remains from place of death and transfer of remains to crematory
• Crematory fee
• Hearse, escort car, limousine
• Register books, memorial cards, thank you cards
• Rental or cremation casket and urn or vault for cremated remains

Cash Advance ItemsState Burial Permit
• Certified Copies of Death Certificate
• Newspaper notices/obituaries
• Flowers
• Clergy or church offering

Cash advance items the family would handle
• Cemetery charges - cost of grave, crypt, opening and closing, tent
• Headstone

Cremation without services
This is commonly referred to as a direct cremation. Families that choose this option may wish to have a memorial service at a later date and place other than the funeral home. They may opt to have no memorial service at all.

Direct cremations would include:

Basic services of funeral director and staff
• Basic preparation and identification of decedent
• Local transfer of remains from place of death and transfer of remains to crematory
• Crematory fee
• Minimum fiberboard cremation container
• State cremation / burial permit

Optional items
• Urn or vault for cremated remains

Cash Advance Items
• Certified Copies of Death Certificate
• Newspaper notices/obituaries
• Flowers
• Clergy or church offering

Cash advance items the family would handle
• Cemetery charges - cost of grave, crypt, opening and closing
• Headstone

Whether choosing a traditional type of service with cremation, a cremation without services or a combination of the two, it is important to talk with all family members and the funeral director in deciding what type of cremation service is suitable for you. State laws may be a factor in your choice of the type cremation service you select. The laws are as follows:

• The family must make positive identification of the deceased, usually at the funeral home
• A 24 hour waiting period from death until cremation must be observed
• A doctor must sign a death certificate generated by the funeral home
• A cremation authorization form must be completed by the deceased's next of kin.
• A precise order from the State of Ohio is followed determining next of kin.

OUT OF TOWN DEATHS & SHIPPING SERVICES

A death can occur at anytime and anywhere. Most of the time a funeral home at the final destination or pace of disposition can handle all aspects of the funeral including arranging for the decedent to be prepared and transported back to that location within the United States. Please call the funeral home regarding questions concerning these matters. Travel arrangements, weather conditions and local laws where the death occurred may result in a delay for the service. A funeral should not be scheduled until the deceased has arrived in the town of where the services will take place.

We at Brickman Bros. Funeral Home can answer many of the questions one may have regarding, traditional, cremation, or shipping services.