There are many professionals involved in preparing the body and arranging funeral services after the death of a loved one. When you first contact most funeral homes, you will likely speak to someone who arranges burials or cremations. However, at some funeral homes, the director also provides advice on services and burials and helps customers make arrangements for departed family members.
What Is a Funeral Director?
Most funeral directors in South Sioux City wear many hats, especially if they are the owner of the funeral home in which you’re seeking services. Along with helping you make final arrangements for your loved one, they may also prepare the body for burial or perform the cremation. The requirements to be a funeral director, once referred to as an undertaker or mortician, varies by state, but they usually involve having at least an associate’s degree and passing both state and national licensing examinations.
Helping Customers
The main role of funeral directors is to help grieving families make final arrangements for saying goodbye to the deceased. They may work in conjunction with the family’s church to make service arrangements or they may hold the services onsite. Some mortuaries, such as Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, have onsite chapels in which memorial services can be held for family and friends.
Modern Memorials
Along with traditional memorial services, many funeral homes also provide online memorials to remember loved ones. Funeral directors will help you create a website for your loved one, on which they will post pictures or videos of them to allow friends and family to remember them fondly. In addition, they can also post online obituaries to provide information about a death and services.
Whether you want to arrange a traditional funeral or cremation, a funeral director can help you arrange everything. Click here to learn more about arranging services for a loved one.
