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SERVICES
When a Death Occurs:
When a death occurs, call the funeral home directly at (715) 832-5002 and inform us of that a death has occurred. If the death occurs in a hospital or nursing home, you must inform the nursing staff that you authorize release of the deceased to
Fuller-Speckien Funeral Home. They should also inform the funeral home of the death. If the death occurs at home and the patient is a registered Hospice patient, the Hospice nurse will also inform the funeral home at the time of death. When there has been an unexpected death at a hospital, home or workplace, the County Medical Examiner will be notified by the local police department and/or hospital. After contact with the medical examiner, you will also need to authorize release of the deceased to our funeral home. In the event your loved one passed away while out of town or state, please call our funeral home first and we will make arrangements to have your loved one transported back to Eau Claire.
At the Arrangement:
Funeral Arrangements usually take place a short time after the time of death at our funeral home. When you come to the funeral home, please bring the following items if you have them available:
-Recent photograph
-Clothing (including under-garments)
-Important vital information for the death certificate
-Obituary Information
-Cemetery Information
-Discharge Papers (If a Veteran, form DD-214)
Visitations:
The visitation allows family and friends time to gather and grieve, talk about cherished memories and special moments, gives others who cannot make the actual funeral service a chance to visit, and most importantly, it allows some time between the visitation and the actual funeral service for those who need extra time in accepting the fact that the death has really happened. We encourage our families to have a visitation at the funeral home the night before the service. For some families, the visitation and the funeral service can be conducted in the same day. A visitation can be arranged generally for 1 hour before the time of service. This can be done at the funeral home or the church, followed by the service and interment at the cemetery. We will be happy to provide you with large memory boards to assemble picture collages on. We are also happy to provide families we serve with a memorial video in their loved ones memory. The video has anywhere from 35 to 50 still photos set to a musical background. We will play the video at the funeral home the night of the visitation on our 50" HDTV located in our chapel. There is one complimentary video given to the family. Anyone may purchase copies for a small charge.
The Traditional Funeral Service:
At the time of arrangement, you will also be selecting the type of service that you feel that you and your family are most comfortable with. We are here to serve you and your family, and to assist you in any way we can to make sure that your loved one's wishes will be followed. For a traditional funeral service, you will select a casket, an outer burial container or vault (if required by the cemetery), the design for the memorial folders, flowers, and music. The service day and time that you select will also depend upon the availability of the church and the cemetery on that day. Following the services, many families choose to have a funeral luncheon. Our staff will organize the lunch with the proper church or gathering space. The price for lunch may vary depending on how many will be served at the luncheon and what entrees your family prefers.
If the funeral service is taking place at a location other than the funeral home, the funeral home staff will transport all flowers, pictures, etc. to the church or place of service. It is customary to have a one-hour visitation at the church before the service. Just before the service, the family can will have the opportunity to say their final farewells and the casket will be closed by our staff. A small prayer service for the family is usually conducted, and the family and the casket proceed into the church. You will have met with the clergy member prior to the service, where you will have arranged for readings, music and the type of service that your clergy member will perform. When the service has ended, the funeral director will direct the pallbearers to guide the casket from the church, followed directly by family members. The casket will then be placed into the funeral coach and a funeral procession will go from the church to the cemetery. At the cemetery, the casket bearers will remove the casket from the funeral coach and place the casket upon the lowering device that has been set upon the grave. When family and friends have gathered around the graveside, final words will be said, and the service is complete. The casket will not be lowered until everyone has left the cemetery, except for a member of the funeral home staff who will stay until this has been completed. This would conclude the interment. If a luncheon has been arranged, family and friends would then proceed to the luncheon.
Cremation Services
At the time of arrangements our staff will work with you in selecting the cremation services that you feel appropriate for your loved one. The two most common services chosen by families are traditional visitation and funeral services followed by a cremation (rather than earth burial); the other common cremation option is a direct cremation with a memorial service to follow. Some families prefer direct cremation with no services. Please note that in the case of cremation there are certain legal documents we will need signed by the closest living relative. Also, in the state of Wisconsin, cremations cannot take place until 48 hours after the time of death of the deceased. A doctor must have also signed the death certificate and the coroner must also approve the cremation before it cremation can occur.
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