FUNERAL SERVICES  |  CREMATION OPTIONS  |  WHEN DEATH OCCURS



Just as we have ceremonies for baptisms, graduations, and weddings, we have funeral and memorial ceremonies which allow family and friends to gather and pay tribute to a unique life that has been lived. When someone close to us dies, we need to complete this relationship and say good-bye. The funeral is a service for the living that allows friends and relatives to offer comfort and support to one another. The funeral permits a time of expression and helps us to accept the reality of loss. It is the goal of Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory to help people complete the relationship with the one who has died and to provide an atmosphere that encourages each person to give and receive emotional support.

Complete Funeral Service
Traditionally, the funeral will be a complete funeral service. This includes a family and/or public viewing of the deceased. Following the visitation will be a service, typically in the church or at the funeral home. The service would be followed by earth or above ground burial of the casketed remains. Caskets selected may cost from several hundred dollars to several thousand dollars depending on the construction material of the casket. Many cemeteries require that a minimum grave liner be used to encase the casket when earth burial is selected. These minimum liners are constructed of concrete and are designed to hold the weight of the earth, maintaining the cemetery property. A burial vault may also be used. Vaults are designed to not only protect the gravesite, but are manufactured with inner liners to protect the casket keeping it safe and dry.

Graveside Service
The graveside service can be another selection. This many times would follow a time of visitation at the funeral home. The casketed remains would then be transferred to the cemetery where a graveside ceremony could take place followed by the burial.