SERVICES
Cremation Services
If your family has chosen cremation, we offer affordable services that help celebrate the life of your loved one while giving you several options for a public gathering, and a final resting place.
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
A graveside or committal service is typically held immediately following the funeral service but it can also be a small intimate gathering of those closest to you.
Permanent memorialization
Cremation With Confidence
At Heath Funeral Chapel and Crematory, we adhere to a strict cremation process to ensure the utmost respect and care for your loved one. Our team is trained and certified, and we follow all state and local regulations. You can trust us to handle your loved one’s remains with the dignity and respect they deserve.
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Your loved one never leaves our care
Many other funeral homes hire third party crematories. These funeral homes transfer your loved one to outside cremation services, making it difficult for the funeral home to manage and supervise the cremation. We have our own crematory located on-site at Heath Funeral Chapel. All your services are handled and managed by our certified staff and your loved one never leaves our care.
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Safeguarding personal identity
To ensure security, a personal identification band is placed on your loved one at the moment your loved one is transferred to our care.
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Unique Tracking System
Upon arrival, your loved one’s data is logged into our tracking system and assigned an identification number. This number is used to track every phase of the cremation process. Our tracking system includes date and time of arrival to our facility along with the name of the funeral director.
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Funeral Director Supervision
At every step in the cremation process, a licensed funeral director will be supervising the process. This supervision ensures that the highest level of care and respect is given to your loved one.
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Family Identification
We will ask you, or a representative, to positively identify your loved one prior to the cremation.
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Cremation Log Book
Immediately prior to the cremation process, the funeral director takes your loved one to the crematory. Upon arrival, his or her personal identification is noted in the cremation log book. This log shows the name of the individual, date and time of the cremation, identification number, and crematory operator’s name. Our crematory log accounts for the date and the start time and is initialed by a cremation technician before and after the cremation.
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During the Cremation
As a funeral home with an on-site crematory, Heath accommodates all religious and personal preferences. Featuring a spacious viewing room, our Tribute Center allows families to witness the full cremation process if so chosen.
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After the Cremation
After the cremation, the family should contact the funeral home for the urn. At this time, if you so choose, we will provide a dignified setting in which to receive the urn, where you may spend a few moments, privately, in quiet reflection.
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Celebration of Life
We will assist in planning a funeral or memorial service either before or after the cremation, which will appropriately celebrate the life of your loved one. A meaningful ceremony provides an opportunity for family and friends to pay tribute to your loved one and to share the memories of a lifetime.
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Aftercare
Grieving is an on-going process, one which does not necessarily end with the funeral. For this reason, we have dedicated staff members who are available to help you deal with the continuing grief from the loss of your loved one.
