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The Cemetery.com Learning Center is designed to help you navigate end-of-life matters. From the pre-planning process, to information and guidance for making funeral, burial and cremation arrangements.
Cemeteries are special places entrusted with the dignified care of loved ones. Designed to reflect the culture, traditions, and burial practices of the communities they serve, each cemetery offers a unique combination of burial options, interment services, and memorialization. The size, structure, and ownership of cemeteries can dramatically affect the care and level of service provided both now and in the future.
Following a loss, the need to gather together and mourn is a deeply human practice present in all cultures. The two most common service types following a passing are a Funeral service or a Cremation memorial service. Funeral and Cremation services offer different opportunities to honor our loved one and to comfort the community of mourners. The selection of a funeral versus a cremation is a deeply personal choice that should be made taking into account both the individual’s wishes and those of the closest loved ones.
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Find information and guidance for ways to honor and commemorate loved ones following the burial
Find comprehensive information about funerals, burials and cremation to help you understand your options, the benefits of pre-planning, what happens at the time of need, and how to memorialize loved ones.
The two most common service types following a passing are a Funeral service or a Cremation memorial service. Funeral and Cremation services offer different opportunities to honor our loved one and to comfort the community of mourners. The selection of a funeral versus a cremation is a deeply personal choice that should be made taking into account both the individual’s wishes and those of the closest loved ones.
There are two times when burial and funeral planning may occur, either before a passing has occurred (pre-need) or after a passing has occurred (at-need). There are distinct emotional and financial advantages and disadvantages to both pre-need and at-need planning. Regardless of when the final planning decisions are made and put in place, it is always better to gather information and to outline one’s final wishes sooner rather than later.
Between cemetery plots, funeral services, and memorialization final expenses can be many thousands of dollars. Understanding the costs involved and the available options for addressing these costs allows for the most appropriate decisions to be made and a financially prudent plan to be crafted. Many cemeteries and funeral homes offer pre-planning programs using financing or insurance.
The need to remember and the desire to be remembered is deeply human. An appropriate bronze memorial or granite headstone serves many purposes. A memorial or headstone serves to mark a location, sanctify a place, and helps loved ones to remember. It expresses the individual’s personality, passions, and relationships, and it acts as a permanent monument honoring a life well lived.
The best decisions are informed decisions. Cemetery.com is the resource to guide and inform you when making end-of-life decisions relating to burials, funerals and memorials. Find a complete library of authoritative resources and directories to help guide the learning process, including commonly used terminology, definitions, and more.
Pre-planning your funeral relieves some of the future stress that your loved ones will face when having to coordinate and pay for funeral arrangements. Planning now also ensures that your final wishes are actualized.
Included in this Guide: What is needed and how to plan a burial and funeral; Information on a Cemetery; Find a complete guide to making burial arrangements; End of Life decision making tools and information; Burial Options fully explained; and much more to help lead you through the process.