Wednesday, November 10, 2010

What Are An Undertaker's Responsibilities In A Funeral Service

By Rhea Alvarez

Undertakers are also known as funeral directors and next in line to the family of the deceased and the clergy, they are the most important persons to take care of the funeral service. These people are responsible for arranging the whole funeral, taking care of all the related issues also. The job of undertakers is such that they have to be on call anytime of the day and on any day of the year.

Death is accompanied by numerous decisions, which the grieving family members are not able to take instantly in the face of their huge loss. An undertaker acts as an advisor needed to take such decisions. His responsibilities include planning out the particular time, venue, and way in which the funeral service will be conducted. Besides, the undertaker enables you to face the loss that has befallen you, by remaining at your side and managing every aspect of the funeral service, which enables you to display the deep regard and love you hold in your heart for the departed.

A funeral service has to be organized keeping in mind the schedule and place, and these have to be decided first and then communicated to friends and relatives of the deceased. After taking this decision, the undertaker helps to shift the body to its resting place, which may be the funeral home or some other place. If a burial service requires to be carried out, then the undertaker also helps in selecting an appropriate coffin for the dead.

The undertaker handles every aspect of the funeral service, including arranging for flowers, transport, luncheon, priests, choir singers, ashes and headstone, and any other detail that needs to be worked upon. All arrangements are made by the undertaker keeping in mind the wishes of the relatives so that the deceased gets full respect in the funeral service.

Lastly, some undertakers take care of the shipment and proper preservation of the body, and can organize the funeral service in a foreign country if wished for by the family of the deceased.

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