SERVICES

Traditional Funeral Service

There are different services that you can choose for a loved one’s burial, depending upon your individual needs and preferences:

• Immediate burial means that your loved one will be buried or entombed without a public service or gathering.
• Visitation, also called a viewing, wake, or calling hours, allows family and friends to gather in a room with the departed loved one in an open or closed casket and say goodbye or offer their support and sympathy to the bereaved.
• Funeral or memorial services can take place at a funeral home, in a church, or even at your home. The service is a ceremony which serves to celebrate, honor, and remember the life of the deceased. Whether traditional or unique, both the visitation and the funeral service can be personalized to reflect the individuality of your loved one.
• Graveside, chapel, or committal services are held at the cemetery, and allow family and friends to be present as their loved one is transferred to his or her final disposition through ground burial.

Cremation Service

Keithley Funeral Homes has one crematory in Ellis County at our main location. Compared to other funeral homes who often travel out of the area for cremations.

The biggest misconception about cremation is that there can't be a funeral service or visitation. This is absolutely not the case, and we encourage you to consider holding a memorial service to celebrate the life of the deceased as well. There are many options open to you when it comes to honoring your loved one's life. After the cremation and memorial services, there are a variety of choices for your loved one's final disposition:

• Interment means that you'll bury or entomb your loved one's cremated remains. This can be in a family plot, a memorial site, a cremation niche or urn garden, or in a variety of other indoor and outdoor locations. Ask our staff for a detailed list of interment possibilities.
• Graveside services are similar to those celebrated alongside a traditional ground burial, in which loved ones are present at the burial of the cremated remains and honor the deceased through memorial prayers or other meaningful tributes.
• Scattering allows you to spread your loved one's cremated remains in a memorial garden, a cemetery, over water, or across any other meaningful site. You also can choose to scatter some of the cremated remains and retain the rest in an urn for interment or another form of disposition.
• Placing cremated remains in multiple urns allows family members who are separated by distance to each feel the comfort of having their loved one's final resting place in a nearby location.

Veteran Service

Includes basic services of Funeral Director and Staff, Expert Embalming Preparation, Cosmetology, Dressing and Placement of Decedent in casket or container, Visitation at the Funeral Home, transfer of Deceased to Funeral Home, Hearse or Funeral Coach, Town and Errand Vehicles, and Graveside Service.Many of us take our freedoms for granted, but our staff at Keithley Funeral Homes proudly acknowledges the sacrifices made by those who have served our country through their patriotism, love of country and willingness to protect others.