Every family is different, and not everyone wants the same
type of funeral. Funeral practices are influenced by religious
and cultural traditions, costs and personal preferences. These
factors help determine whether the funeral will be elaborate
or simple, public or private, religious or secular, and where
it will be held. They also influence whether the body will
be present at the funeral, if there will be a viewing or visitation,
and if so, whether the casket will be open or closed, and
whether there will be burial or cremation.
Among the choices you'll need to make is whether you want
one of these types of funerals, or a variation with your own
personal touches.
 Traditional
Funeral
A traditional funeral includes a viewing or visitation and
funeral service, use of a hearse for transport to the funeral
home \ church and cemetery, and burial, entombment or cremation.
In addition to the funeral home's basic services fee, costs
often include embalming and dressing the body; use of the
funeral home for the viewing or service; and use of vehicles
to transport the family if they don't use their own. The costs
of a casket, cemetery plots or crypt and other funeral goods
and services may be factored in.
A traditional service for burial, entombment or cremation,
is usually the service of choice. At Pobocik Funeral Home
we believe the traditional funeral often best serves the needs
of family and friends.
The traditional funeral service may include the following:
- Transfer of the deceased to the funeral home
- Embalming
- Dressing, cosmetology and other care of the deceased
- Professional support and administrative staff assistance
- Use of visitation rooms
- General use of the facilities for the service and arrangements
- Funeral service
- Use of funeral coach
- Limousine
- Utility car
- Casket
- Vault
- Flowers
- Register book
- Acknowledgment cards
- Memorial folders or prayer cards
- Obituaries / Newspaper Notice
- Certified copies of death certificate
- Honorariums (clergy, musician, soloist)
- Luncheon
- Cemetery marker / monument
The traditional service is a meaningful expression for the
family, and it gives friends and associates an opportunity
to offer their tributes in a healing environment.
Generally, a funeral celebrant / clergy officiates at the
funeral service. We encourage the active participation of
the family in helping plan this part of the service. Many
times family members participate by reading, singing or sharing
a memory.
Direct Burial
The body is buried shortly after death. No viewing, visitation
or funeral service is involved, so embalming may not be necessary.
Direct burial costs less than the "traditional,"
full-service funeral. Costs include the funeral home's basic
services fee, as well as transportation and care of the body,
the purchase of a casket, burial container and a cemetery
plot or crypt.
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