When discussing
Felch Township, MI cremation services,
there will be a vocabulary that is unique to the funeral industry and to the services they provide. It's helpful to know and understand these, especially when grieving families are numb many times when they're making cremations or burial arrangements, and they literally can't take in any new or unfamiliar information.
Burial is the act of putting a dead body underground.
A columbarium is a structure made up of vaults where urns with cremains can be stored. Small gravestones or grave markers identify each person.
Cremation is the act of incinerating the dead body, and returning what remains – cremains – in a sealed urn to the family of the deceased. Before cremation takes place, the body must be positively identified by the family. Only one body at a time is cremated. The cremation process takes about two hours.
A crematory is where cremations are done.
Crypts are burial chambers that are partially or completely underground. Double crypts are designed for two caskets to lie side by side.
Death is the cessation of life.
Donations in memory of (in
memorium) deceased people are financial gifts given to either their charity of choice or a charity that the donor chooses.
Embalming is a process of preserving the body using preservatives and antiseptic fluids in veins, arteries, and body cavities. It also includes grooming and dressing the body for funeral viewings.
A full couch casket is a casket with a one-piece cover that opens completely.
Funerals are one type of ceremonies to honor the deceased. Funerals are often religious events, but they don't have to be. No two funerals are exactly alike.
A funeral cortege or funeral procession
can refer to either
mourners who follow a casket as it is brought in or taken out of the place where the funeral service is held or to a convoy of mourners in vehicles who follow the hearse to the cemetery where burial will take place.
Funeral monuments (markers) are also known as gravestones, headstones, or grave markers.
They include information about the deceased person, including things like name, date of birth, date of death, and tributes or epithets. If a gravestone stands upright, it is often referred to as a funeral monument.
A funerary recess is a receptacle in a wall that is the casket's final resting place. The receptacle is sealed and covered with a white marble plaque that is engraved with information about the deceased, similar to what is done with gravestones.
Graves are excavations of earth where caskets will be buried as their final resting place. Graves are dug and covered using backhoes.
A half couch casket is a casket with a two-piece cover. Only the top half of the casket opens to display the body of the deceased. These are not used often now, but a half couch casket was used for Aretha Franklin's (August 31, 2018) funeral.
Hearses are specially-built vehicles designed to carry caskets from funerals to cemeteries.
Internment of a casket refers to the burial or placement of a casket in the ground or
into a funerary recess
in
a mausoleum (an indoor cemetery).
The internment of ashes refers to burial or storage of cremains in an urn. This could be underground burial or it could be storage in a columbarium.
Plots are a measured piece of land in a cemetery where a person will be buried.
Prearrangements or preplanning refers to making – and possibly paying for – funeral arrangements before someone dies.
A viewing or visitation is an event, which usually takes place before the funeral service, where mourners can pay their respects to the deceased and provide comfort and support to the deceased's family.
To find out more about funeral industry words and terms for Felch Township, MI cremation services, our compassionate and experienced staff at Jacobs Funeral Homes & Crematory
can assist you. You can visit our funeral home at 417 Central Ave., Florence, WI 54121, or you can contact us today at (715) 528-3241.
