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Functions Of An Undertaker In A Funeral Service


By Ynez Alvarez

Undertakers or funeral directors are probably the most important people, other than the family and clergymen to be related to the funeral service. These professionals take care of the arrangements of the funeral, right from the start till the end. Undertakers have to be prepared for job at any time of the day and any day of the year without a lapse, as they have an emergency duty.

Death brings with it numerous decisions, which the bereaved are not able to take instantly in the face of their great loss. An undertaker acts as an advisor required to take such decisions. He takes fast and sound decisions about the time, venue and type of the funeral service. Besides, the undertaker helps you to face the loss that has befallen you, by remaining at your side and taking care of every aspect of the funeral service, which enables you to display the deep respect and love you have in your heart for the departed.

The first and foremost step in organising any funeral service is to deliberate upon the time, venue and date of the funeral service, so that the same can be communicated to friends and relatives. After making this decision, the undertaker helps to shift the body to its resting site, which may be the funeral home or any other place. If a burial service needs to be conducted, then the undertaker also helps in selecting a suitable coffin for the dead.

In Addition to this, the undertaker also helps in planning the funeral service, including selecting florists, flowers, church, making arrangements for for transport, food, clergy, music, hymns, headstone and ashes. The wish of the family is always taken into account in all these things so that the deceased gets a funeral service the way he or she would have wanted to.

Finally, some undertakers also help in appropriate embalming and transportation of the body if required, and in preparation and arranging for the funeral service in another nation if the person has died abroad.

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