At Graft-Jacquillard our goal is to provide an array of services that will suit every families requirements, regardless of their emotional, religious or financial needs. Our support to a family is initiated from the time we are notified of a death and continues through the arrangement process, during the visitation and service period and following the services with our comprehensive after-care program that includes our constant care for the family in the months and years ahead.

Most all of the services we handle include some type of ceremony and our staff carries out many details to ensure your family has no unnecessary burdens.

In addition to the service options provided below, we oversee the following:

• Initial transfer of the deceased from the place of death to our facility
• Conference with family members to determine and finalize funeral arrangements
• Coordination of details with clergy
• Publication of obituary in newspapers selected by family
• Coordination of details with cemetery and/or crematory
• Notification of fraternal orders or other organizations
• Supervision and direction of the funeral or memorial service
• Assistance in obtaining various survivors' benefits when applicable
• Following the funeral, practical assistance with unforeseen details and help in making adjustments

Funeral Service Options

Traditional Funeral

Evening or day viewing or visitation

Funeral service at funeral home or church

Committal at cemetery

Religious or Non religious

Opportunity to pay tribute and share memories

Display photos and personal mementos

Private Viewing and Ceremony

Attendance at your request

Funeral service at funeral home or church

Religious or Non religious

May honor preference of deceased while addressing needs of survivors

Immediate Burial

This service involves interment or entombment of the deceased without having any funeral ceremony or visitation.

Cremation Service Options

Viewing and Ceremony

Evening or day viewing or visitation

Funeral service at funeral home or church

Religious or non religious ceremony

Opportunity to pay tribute and share memories

Display photos and personal mementos

Private Viewing and Ceremony

Attendance at your request

Religious or non religious

May honor preference of deceased while addressing needs of survivors

Private Viewing

Opportunity for designated family and friends to say a final "good-bye"

Encourages acceptance of reality and healthy expression of grief

May honor preference of deceased

Memorial Ceremony & Memorial Visitation

Evening or an hour of visiting with family and friends

Religious, non religious or contemporary service

Allows family and friends to share memories and express their feelings

Urn present-may be a helpful focal point acknowledging death's reality

Display photos and personal mementos

Direct Cremation

Direct cremation is disposition of the body without a service of recognition No ceremony or visitation is desired It is most often the least expensive option offered Options include burial of cremated remains, scattering or placement in a niche.