The Functions Of An Undertaker In A Funeral Service

By Gadiv Alvarez

Undertakers, who are also called funeral directors, are people who are next in importance to the family of the departed and the clergymen when it comes to funeral services. These people manage the arrangements of the funeral, straight from the start till the end. Undertakers have to stay prepared to work any hour of the day and any day of the year without fail, as they have an emergency job.

Lots of decisions have to be taken in the occasion of a person's death, which the bereaved family may not be able to take because of the sudden loss that befalls them. This is where the undertaker steps in and takes over. His duties include deciding the particular time, place, and way in which the funeral service will be organised. Besides, the undertaker helps you to confront the loss that has befallen you, by staying at your side and taking care of every aspect of the funeral service, which enables you to display the deep respect and love you hold in your heart for the deceased.

Preparation of a funeral service starts with deciding upon its time, place and date and then communicating the same to family and friends. Once this has been decided, the undertaker makes arrangements for moving the body to the funeral home or where it is to be laid to rest. In the event of a burial service, the appropriate casket in which the body is to be laid is usually selected by the undertaker.

Moreover, the undertaker also helps in planning the funeral service, including choosing florists, flowers, church, arranging for transport, food, clergy, music, hymns, headstone and ashes. All arrangements are made by the undertaker after discussing it with the family to make sure that the dead person is truly treated with regard.

Lastly, some undertakers handle the shipment and appropriate preservation of the body, and can arrange the funeral service in a foreign country if wished for by the family of the deceased.

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