Burial Services

Burial Options

Our Immediate Burial Package Includes:

• Basic professional services of the funeral director and staff.
• Transportation of the deceased from the place of death to the funeral home.
• The overnight sheltering of remains.
• The filing of death certificates and state permits.
• Local transportation of the deceased from the funeral home to the cemetery.
  
• Package options available with the Bradford 20-gauge Steel Casket or a selection of your choice.

* This package does not include: the use of facilities and staff for any visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to burial or any sheltering of remains for days on which no post death activities occur. Nor does it include the casket, actual cost of the grave at the cemetery, or the cemetery charges for opening and closing the grave. Nor does it include any required outer burial container, death certificates, any cash disbursements or anything not expressly stated as being provided.

Honoring Veterans

We're proud to do our part in honoring our country's veterans. Our duty is not only to arrange the details of the funeral service, but also to inform you of the benefits your loved one may be entitled to and to assist with incorporating those benefits into a dignified and honorable service.

Eligible veterans are entitled to the folding and presenting of the American flag to the next of kin and the playing of Taps by a bugler. These honors are performed by a military honor guard detail that consists of at least two members of the Armed Forces.

Eligible veterans, their spouse, and any dependent children are also entitled to a grave or niche within the New Jersey veterans cemetery as well as a bronze military grave marker at no cost - Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Veterans will also be provided. We can arrange for the interment of an urn or casket within the veterans cemetery.

Military funeral honors are free of charge for honorably discharged veterans. The funeral home will require the veteran’s DD-214, or other available discharge papers.

Burial

When a loved one is buried, it creates a permanent resting place where family and friends can visit for years and generations to come. Burial is an option with or without a graveside service. Once the decision to bury has been made, the location of the final resting place will need to be selected. A member of our staff will help guide you through this process, including choosing a casket and headstone or marker. 

Traditional Funeral Service

Funeral services can be held in our chapel, a church, or any location that holds meaning for your family. We work closely with you to design a service that truly reflects your loved one’s life, incorporating stories, music, scripture, or other personal touches. For families who choose not to involve clergy, our funeral directors are available to lead the service. They are specially trained to create meaningful, healing experiences that honor your loved one’s memory and support your journey through grief.

Viewing

A viewing provides an opportunity to say goodbye and pay their respects on a more intimate level. Spending time with the deceased before their service, whether privately or with family and friends, can be profoundly healing and can help those grieving accept their loss and begin to heal. 

Graveside Service

A graveside or committal service is usually held immediately after the funeral and offers a meaningful moment of closure. Whether you prefer an intimate gathering or a larger group of family and friends, this service can be tailored to reflect what feels most personal and fitting for your loved one.

Traditional Funeral Service Followed by Cremation

Many families find meaning and beauty in a traditional funeral service. With a traditional service combined with cremation, you can still choose to have a final viewing, visitation or wake, and a funeral service. However instead of in-ground burial, the funeral will be followed by cremation. Depending on your wishes, the cremated remains may be either returned to your family for storage in an urn, scattered, or interred in a columbarium. This option will include fees for the funeral services as well as the fees associated with the cremation itself.

Memorial Service

The memorial service can be held in our chapel, a church, or any other venue the family chooses. We work with our families to design a service that honors their loved one with stories, music, or scripture. We also have life celebrants that lead services where clergy may not be chosen. Our celebrants are trained in creating experiences that help start the healing process.

Graveside Service

Graveside services following cremation offer a meaningful way to honor your loved one with a final act of remembrance. This intimate gathering at the burial site of the urn provides a quiet moment for family and friends to reflect, share memories, and say goodbye in a peaceful setting. Whether simple or ceremonial, it’s a heartfelt way to bring closure and lay your loved one to rest with dignity.

Permanent Memorialization

Keeping an Urn at Home

This is a common choice and families can select the perfect urn for their loved one.

Placing the Urn in a Columbarium

Many families find comfort in having a final resting place that they can visit.

Burying the Urn

Similar to a casket, the in-ground burial of the urn allows for a final resting place.

Scattering the Cremated Remains

Some families find comfort scattering the cremated remains in a place that was special to their loved one.