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Consumer Tips for Arranging a Funeral

At some time in our lives, most of us will make or assist in making funeral arrangements. This will not be an easy time, but we at Latimer funeral Home would like to offer these tips for smart planning.

1. Be an informed consumer. Don't be reluctant to ask questions.

2. Today's funeral director offers a variety of options to meet your financial needs and wishes. Families should discuss all options with their funeral director when making arrangements.

3. When selecting a funeral director, choose one who is licensed and has a good reputation in the community. Give thought to this decision as you would when choosing a doctor, attorney or other professional.

4. Be prepared! Avoid the burden of making decision while under emotional stress by organizing details with your funeral director ahead of time. Remember ... preplanning doesn't necessarily mean prepaying.

5. Plan a personal and meaningful ceremony or service to help you begin the healing process. Getting through grief is never easy but having a meaningful funeral will help.

Latimer Funeral Home offers complete services and merchandise.

Some of those choices include:

Traditional funeral services
Graveside funeral services
Basic economical burial service
Receiving services for remains when death occurs at a distance
Forwarding services for the remains to other communities
Traditional funeral services with viewing prior to cremation
Public visitation of viewing prior to cremation
Direct cremation service package with memorial service and visitation
Direct cremation without ceremony
Anatomical donation
Special discounted infant and children services
Extensive selection of "American Made" Aurora caskets
Extensive selection of steel and concrete outer burial containers

Our Casket prices range from $695.00 to $7,095.00.

Please contact Latimer Funeral Home for a complete description and Price List of the services and merchandise available.

Thinking About Cremation?

As more people are choosing cremation, funeral service professionals are striving to give consumers a true sense of what their many options are for a funeral service. Often funeral directors find that people have a preconception that they have fewer choices for a ceremony when selecting cremation for themselves or a loved one. Therefore, they request direct cremation and deny the surviving friends and family an opportunity to honor them with a memorial service. In actuality, cremation is only part of the commemorative experience. In fact, cremation can actually increase your options when planning a funeral. The following information is meant to help you build an understanding of what cremation is, allowing you to make an informed decision when arranging a funeral for yourself or a loved one.

Cremation is becoming increasingly popular, especially amongst the baby boomer generation. Among the many reasons for this growing trend is the breadth of options cremation provides for a final memorial service.

Cremation gives people the flexibility to search for types of tributes that reflect the life being honored. But this doesn’t mean that aspects of traditional funeral services have to be discarded. Even with cremation, a meaningful memorial that is personalized to reflect the life of the deceased could include:

· A visitation prior to the service

· An open or closed casket

· Special music

· A ceremony at the funeral chapel, your place of worship or other special location

· Participation by friends and family.

Commonly, cremated remains are placed in an urn and committed to an indoor or outdoor mausoleum or columbarium; interred in a family burial plot; or included in a special urn garden. Cremation also gives families the option to scatter or keep the remains. Today, cremated remains can even become part of an ocean reef or made into diamonds.

Whatever you choose, cremation or burial, traditional services or contemporary celebrations, we at Latimer Funeral Home are here to help you.