What Funeral Homes Provide

Goodyear, AZ funeral homes are experienced in providing support for families after the loss of a loved one and for making sure the family has everything they need before, during, and after the funeral. 

Funeral homes are available 24 hours a day so they are able to respond immediately when someone dies. One service that funeral homes provide is transportation for the deceased to the funeral home. Within an hour of being notified, the funeral home will, if the deceased is local, pick up and take the remains of the deceased to the funeral home. If the deceased is not local, but will be transported from another city or state, the funeral home being used will make the necessary transportation arrangements. 

Another service funeral homes provide is guidance for the family in making funeral plans. Whether the deceased is being cremated or buried, the funeral home will provide consultation on how to proceed. 

If the deceased is being embalmed, funeral homes provide that service. Embalming is a process that includes preservation of the body, sanitary washing of the body, dressing, cosmetology, hairdressing, and restoration (if that is needed). 

Funeral homes also provide the service of handling all the administrative details of the death. This includes filing the death certificates, publishing death notices and obituaries (the family can be as involved as they want to be with this process), and filing death claim benefits (including private insurance and military benefits). 

Another service that funeral homes provide is caskets, vaults, urns, and other funeral products related to the disposal of the remains of the deceased. 

Funeral homes also provide all the stationary related to the funeral, including the guest register book, memorial folders, and thank you cards as a service to the family after the death of a loved one. 

Two more services that funeral homes provide are to secure facilities, if they are not at the funeral home, for viewings and services and to coordinate with the cemetery or crematory for a flawless final disposal of the remains. 

Funerals also manage flowers, music selections, and videoing services as a service to the family. They collect all the cards from the flowers that are delivered and make sure those get to the family. The family can select songs, which the funeral home will ensure are queued to play at the right time during the service. And the funeral home will arrange for the service to be recorded, saved as a computer video file, and copied onto either a DVD or a flash drive for the family. 

A final service that funeral homes provide to the family of the deceased is oversight of every aspect of the funeral to make sure that things go as planned and they go smoothly. You will see the funeral director on occasion throughout the process, but the rest of the funeral home staff will be unobtrusively working in the background to take care of the family. 

For more information on Goodyear, AZ funeral homes service, you can talk with our empathetic and experienced team at Simply Cremation & Funeral Arrangements. You can also visit us at our funeral home at 16952 W. Bell Rd., #303, Surprise, AZ, 85374, or call us today at (623) 975-9393.