Traditional Funeral Services

Traditional funeral services include:

• Visitation: This is often called a viewing or a wake. Guests come to pay their respects to the deceased by viewing their casketed body and spending time with the grieving family. A visitation can occur at any time before the funeral service.
  
• Funeral Service: This commonly takes place at the funeral home, a church, or at the graveside. It can include music, a reading of literary or religious passages, a eulogy, prayer, and the singing of hymns.
  
• Committal Service: If the family plans to bury the deceased, this stage involves the vehicle procession to the cemetery.
  
• Funeral Reception: Many choose to host this post-service gathering at a reception hall. This is considered an appropriate time to share memories, laughter, and support.
  

A funeral service, whether traditional or more modern, is designed to acknowledge the death and lifetime achievements of an individual and to bring grieving family members and friends together in support of one another during such a difficult time. The practice has persisted for millennia and has proven to be helpful to survivors stricken by grief. 

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