SUMMARY
Responsible for overseeing all activities in a funeral home, including arranging for viewing and burial
services, transporting bodies, and conferring with family members to ensure final wishes are
respected.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
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Manage preparations and plans in a funeral home.
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Arrange for burial or funeral services for the deceased.
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Hire and train embalmers, funeral attendants, and other employees in the funeral home.
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Handle accounts and collections.
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Comfort grieving family members.
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Discuss financing options.
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Discuss prices and plans.
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Help family set date and time for viewing and burial.
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Arrange for clergy member to conduct religious services.
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Choose pallbearers and arrange to have them at the funeral.
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Contact cemetery officials and arrange burial plans.
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Ensure burial plot is dug up and ready for casket.
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Ensure religious and ethnic customs of the decedent are fulfilled or respected.
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Prepare body for burial with embalming fluid or cremate body.
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Arrange casket in viewing parlor or set up urn with ashes for viewing.
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Set up photos or other memories of the decedent.
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Greet family as they enter the parlor.
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Arrange for transportation to and from the cemetery.
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Lead funeral procession.
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Ensure cars have identifying flags or markings during funeral procession.
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Oversee preparation and shipment of body if burial is in another location.
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Direct funeral service.