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What do you look for in a funeral home? |
I am a 5th generation funeral director at my family's 79 year old funeral home. With our ever changing society, our profession constantly struggles to adapt. As a matter of curiousity, I am wondering if anyone would be willing to convey their honest (and serious thoughts) on what they look for when choosing a funeral home? Does anyone seek recomendations of other professionals such as ministers, hospital chaplains, hospice chaplains, nurses, etc.? Is it all about price? What about customer service or value? Okay, smart a**. The revised question is, What do you look for when choosing a funeral home?!! My Gramma passed away back in Feb. The funeral home she used, and it was her choice because she did the prearrangement to take the stress off us. And personally I think to have things her way one last time -- please know I say this with a smile, because that is one of her traits I inherited. The staff followed her wishes to the letter, and we appreciated that. They were so respectful and kind. The reason she chose the funeral home that she did is because in our small Southern town it was the only funeral home that respected our religious beliefs, when she made her prearrangement's 25 years before her death. That is all I have on this topic. When my Grandpa died we wanted it to be joyful like he is now free from the pain he went through with cancer yes we cried and all but we had to make it cheerful the people we hired only had flowers which were nice but I think there should be opinions given instead of the plain funeral look. But alot of people enjoy that better. My dad died a couple of years ago and we knew he wanted to be cremated. Unfortunately we didn't understand all the processes and "buzz" words (cremains???) of the funeral director and wound up paying for a container to have his remains cremated in instead of a container to have his ashes buried in. When the cardboard box showed up at the graveside I was horrified. I think that a few of the answers here may be a bit over complicated. The question was: "What do you look for in a funeral home?" I have been a licensed funeral director for 32 years, and my answer is: I look for dead bodies in a funeral home. it's all about the benjamins |
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