03/26/2026
Funeral Directors are at the very center of all funeral arrangements and are essential for making sure the services for your loved one run smoothly. Not only are we funeral directors, we are also liaisons to the transfer teams, clergy, cemetery or crematory, vault company, insurance companies, social security, doctors, and any other entity needed to be contacted when a death occurs. We also handle paperwork all day long - writing obituaries, filling out, filing, and obtaining certified death certificates, helping families with insurance claims, filing for the flag and bronze marker for veterans, and creating memories in the form of memorial folders and tribute slideshows, as well as our standard reports we must do. We work closely with the veterans burial group for military honors, as well as the police and fire departments and local organizations for any services that are to be rendered for your loved one. Sometimes we throw on a security hat and handle issues when emotions are running high. On top of this, many of us are embalmers and cosmetologists, being the last one to provide an intimate level of care to your loved one before your final goodbyes. We work with hair stylists and florists, as well as working with the family to make sure the most perfect song selections are made for the service. And sometimes, we're magicians in the way we make all of this come together in a matter of days. We're listeners, we're friends, we're people to lean on when you can barely stand, we offer guidance and love and support. Sometimes, we walk through this grief with you when we are also grieving the loss of your loved one. As funeral professionals, we plan funerals daily, whereas you (hopefully) only have to plan 3 or 4 in your lifetime. We are up to date on state laws and new developments in the death care industry. We work hard to build relationships with the third party entities that we are also relying on to help care for you during your grief. All of this is to say, let the funeral director do the heavy lifting for you. Let us make the phone calls, arrangements, fill out the paperwork, and handle the tiniest of details so you can spend your days with your loved ones preparing for the service, sharing stories, and being around those that matter the most. We want families to be as involved in the arrangements and service as they want to be, but from years of experience in this business, it breaks my heart when families come in and let me know they've spent time making phone calls, contacting social security, writing an obituary or anything else they've done because they didn't know a funeral director would handle that for them. We are here to make your lives easier during the worst kind of upheaval in your life. We only get one shot at this, so let us do what we do best and take care of you! ❤❤❤
