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Lighting the Path

Nothing can be more overwhelming than the death of a loved one. The ability to make informed choices can help you along this path. Bringing family and friends together to celebrate a cherished life is part of the healing process, and best served through a personalized ceremony and tribute.

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When choosing cremation, it is important not only to capture the memories and celebrate the spirit of your loved one, but also to provide healing through gathering together, paying tribute, and celebrating a life well lived. Our primary mission is to ensure that this special, emotional, and necessary time for healing receives the utmost attention. We are here to provide guidance and knowledge, lighting the path as you commemorate the life of your loved one.

Ceremony Brings Hope and Enlightenment
Meaningful ceremonies with personalized memorials can be as unique as the loved one being remembered. We will help guide you through the process of creating a ceremony that ultimately provides a meaningful experience and leads to healing.

Choosing the Cremation Casket/Container

The selection of a cremation casket is just as important as the selection of the ceremony and is a required decision. The cremation casket you choose will complement the personalized life tribute designed for the one being remembered. Before cremation, during the ceremony, and at the time of cremation, the casket or container is the resting place for your loved one and gives dignity during the family viewing or community visitation.

We provide a variety of styles to choose from which allow you the opportunity to reflect the personality of your loved one.

Personalizing the Ceremony

Ceremony is a way to inform the community of a loved one’s passing, tell their story, and celebrate their life. Whether simple or elaborate, traditional or contemporary, a ceremony is most meaningful when it reflects your loved one’s relationships, hobbies, and the moments you shared together.

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Memorializing your loved one may include one or any combination of the following choices:

Conventional
A community gathering, visitation, and personalized tribute that occurs prior to cremation. This is a time for family and friends to visit, share memories, and show support.

Memorial
A community gathering following cremation. A meaningful program invites family and friends to visit and reflect on the moments they shared with your loved one.

Private
A small gathering and informal identification takes place in a private setting and allows the opportunity to say goodbye prior to cremation. These options are intended to provide guidance in designing the desired personalized tribute.

Memorialization and Selecting the Final Resting Place

Whether you wish to memorialize your loved one with a personalized memorial, a piece of jewelry, or a special keepsake, a lasting memento will remind you of your time together.

Memorial Urns
The urn is another required selection and becomes the final resting place for your loved one. There are many styles and materials to choose from, in addition to many personalization options. The selection of the urn typically complements the final placement, whether buried in a cemetery, placed in a niche, placed as a treasured touchstone in the home or garden, or can be an ideal medium to facilitate ceremonial scattering.

Personal Memorialization
Many families have expressed an interest in providing multiple memorials, keepsakes and remembrance jewelry for individual family members and friends. These personal memorials are meaningful ways for sharing a tangible remembrance of a loved one. You may include within these personal memorials a small token of your loved one’s cremated remains, crushed flower petals from the service, earth from the burial site, or nothing at all.

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The Living Memorial® program is a unique and special way to honor the memory of a loved one. Established in 1976, more than 14 million seedlings have been planted, making it one of the largest reforestation programs in North America.

When you select a qualifying Batesville casket or cremation product*, arrangements are made for a tree seedling to be planted as a living tribute. Planting partners include the USDA Forest Service, the Canadian Institute of Forestry and other international forestry and conservation groups. The species and location of plantings are based on areas of need – typically woodlands destroyed by forest fires, floods or other natural disasters.

Batesville takes great pride in offering this free program to honor a life that has passed.

*Not all products qualify.

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FAQs

Why would a funeral home call you? ›

Our policy is to contact a family as soon as we are notified by a hospital, hospice worker, or nursing/retirement community about a death. The main reason for this initial call is to establish whether or not the next of kin wishes for their loved one to be embalmed.

What is the average cost of a funeral and burial in the United States? ›

The average funeral costs between $7,000 and $12,000. The viewing, burial, service fees, transport, casket, embalming, and other prep are included in this price. The average cost of a funeral with cremation is $6,000 to $7,000. These costs do not include a cemetery, monument, marker, or other things like flowers.

Who is the first person you call when someone dies at home? ›

If no doctor is present, you'll need to contact someone to do this. If the person dies at home under hospice care, call the hospice nurse, who can declare the death and help facilitate the transport of the body. If the person dies at home unexpectedly without hospice care, call 911.

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