Funeral Services
We will assist your family in planning a funeral and choosing the options that suit your families needs and your loved ones wishes. We are able to assist you in holding services in a wide variety of areas. From our chapel, to your church or at the cemetery we are able to prepare a meaningful service to honor your loved one. We will listen to your family and help to arrange a celebration of your loved one's life through whatever means you choose.
Prices, Packages and Products
Cremation Information and Questions
Value of a Funeral
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VIDEO TRIBUTES
At our funeral home we want our families to have the highest
quality tribute DVD and we only use NationalTributes.com for all of our video
needs. While some funeral homes are simply trying to find the quickest, most
cost effective way to make a cookie cutter type video, we take a different
approach and look at our service from the customer's perspective. We want our
families to have a memorial DVD that we would ourselves be satisfied with if it
were for one of our loved ones.
SAMPLE VIDEO
You can also look through our online obituaries to view some of the tributes we have made for others. If we made a tribute for a family, it will be posted on their obituary page…A feature we offer that you will not find at many other funeral home websites.
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Pre-Planning
There are many advantages to planning a funeral ahead of time. By pre-planning a funeral, difficult decisions will not have to be made during a time of grieving and stress. You will be able to visit a potential resting site and have time to decide on and compare options. Thought can be made to whether or not cremation is an option you may want to choose. Your wishes can be put into writing to give your family direction when the time for the funeral comes. Our staff will help you plan so that your family can carry out your wishes.
You may also want to pre pay for your funeral. When you pre-arrange with a licensed funeral director in Pennsylvania, it is law that 100% of that money be invested and documented to protect you and your money for future use. Doing this also "locks in" todays prices, and the funeral home uses the interest earned (tax free to you) to offset their inflation.
There are many negative stories in the news today concerning funeral home scams. Rest assured that every state has different laws to protect you, and Pennsylvania laws are very strict. For pre planning advice, general tips, and do's and dont's, click here. Print out and complete your own OBITUARY FORM.
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Online Memorials
We can set up an online memorial for your loved one. Our online memorials provide information for guests about the funeral services and also provide a tribute to your loved one. Guests will be able to gain information about dates, times and locations of funeral services. Guests will also be able to order flowers, make donations and sign a guest book through the memorial. The family will have access to the memorial to add photos to create a photo gallery for their loved one. By providing information to guests about services, our online memorials help lessen the load on a family during a difficult time. The memorials also serve to pay tribute to your family's loved one.
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Obituaries
We will prepare an obituary to be published for your loved one. During the arrangement conference, we will ask you several questions in order to help us collect the necessary information to draft the obituary, as well as file the death certificate.
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Social Security
We will notify the Social Security Administration of the death. Currently, there is a death benefit of $255 payable to survivng spouses and children under 18. For additional benefits, please see their website to see if you qualify.
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Death Certificates
We will help you in obtaining a death certificate which can be important for insurance purposes as well a host of other issues. Pennsylvania fees are $6 per certified copy at the time of death. Future copies are $9 and are ordered through the office of Vital Statistics in New Castle. To order online, click here.
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After Care
Sometimes the loss of a loved one can be especially painful. We understand that the grieving process does not end with the funeral. We are here not only to help arrange the funeral, but to help families cope with the loss of their loved one. There are a wide variety of grief resources available and we will help to point you in the right direction and begin the healing process.
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