Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Functions Of An Undertaker In A Funeral Service

By Ynez Alvarez

Undertakers, who are also called funeral directors, are people who are next in significance to the family of the deceased and the clergy when it comes to funeral services. These individuals are assigned the duty of arranging the whole funeral, taking care of all the related aspects also. The job of undertakers is of such nature that they have to be ready anytime during the day and on any day in the year.

In the wake of such a huge loss, the bereaved family may not be able to take fast decisions about the service and ultimate disposition of the body. This is where the undertaker steps in and takes over. He assists you in deciding the time, venue and type of the funeral rites and services for the deceased. In addition to that, the undertaker actually helps you to be able to bear your loss, by simply being there at your service and taking up responsibility of an organiser of the funeral services, which display the love and respect you have for the departed.

A funeral service has to be organized taking into account the schedule and venue, and these need to be decided first and then communicated to friends and relatives of the deceased. After this is finalised, the undertaker assists you in getting the deceased to the funeral site or to the venue where he or she is to be finally laid to rest. In the event of a burial service, the right coffin in which the body is to be rested is often picked by the undertaker.

Moreover, the undertaker also helps in planning the funeral service, including choosing florists, flowers, church, making arrangements for for transit facilities, food, clergy, music, hymns, headstone and ashes. The desire of the family is always taken into account in all these preparations so that the deceased receives a funeral service in a manner he or she would have desired.

Finally, some undertakers also help in proper embalming and shipment of the body if required, and in planning and arranging for the funeral service in another nation if the person has died abroad. - 2364

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