Decisions to Make
Most of us don’t have to make funeral plans every day, but Draucker Funeral Home has the experience to make the process less overwhelming. We calmly walk you through the necessary decision making steps to document the death and create a beautiful memorial tribute to your loved one. You will be presented with the choices of burial or cremation, funeral or memorial service, veteran honors and personalization of the services. We will guide you on the selection of photos and personal items or memorabilia to provide a warm, personalized display that will spark warm memories of the deceased. Let’s work through these steps together to remember and memorialize your loved one as a precious family treasure.
Some of the decisions that we make together are:
Method of Disposition- Burial or Cremation
Visitation- Yes or No, Open or Closed Casket
Visitation location- Funeral Home, Church or other location
Clothing- Mine or Purchase New
Jewelry- use for service and remove following funeral service
Clergy
Church
Organist
Vocalist
Music Selections
Reading
Flower Requests
Participating Organizations (Fraternal /Military Rites)
Type of Casket- Wood, Bronze, Copper or Steel
Type of Vault- Steel or Concrete
Urn- Bronze, Marble or Wood
Keepsake/Jewelry
Disposition of Cremated Remains- Scattering Location, Type of Keepsake or Burial Location
Cemetery
Interment/Entombment- Traditional, Modified full, traditional service, Mausoleum, Graveside,Cremation or Scattering
Organ Donation
Memorial Contributions
Pallbearers
Cemetery Arrangements
Type of Property- Mausoleum or Lawn Crypt
Monument/Marker- Upright Monument, Lawn (flush), Granite, Bronze, Flower Vase or Memorial Bench
Person in Charge of Arrangements
Serving Ogallala, Brule, Big Springs, Arthur, Roscoe, Keystone, Lewellen, Lemoyne, Paxton, Grant, Hyannis, Ashby and Keystone in Western Nebraska