Traditional Funeral

A traditional funeral brings people together in one place, at one time, to say goodbye. There is a visitation where friends and neighbors can shake a hand and share a story, a funeral service that reflects your family's faith and traditions, and a graveside committal to close the day. For many families in DeMotte and across Jasper County, that familiar sequence is exactly what they need. Parker & Burns Funeral Home handles the arrangements from the first phone call to the last detail at the cemetery, so your family can spend that time with each other instead of with paperwork.

What a Traditional Service Includes

Most traditional services follow a familiar shape: transfer of your loved one into our care, preparation and dressing, a visitation the evening before or the morning of the service, the funeral ceremony itself, and a procession to the cemetery for the committal. Along the way we take care of the death certificates, the obituary, the newspaper and online notices, the register book and memorial folders, and the coordination with your clergy, the cemetery, and anyone else who needs to be part of the day. Nothing here is fixed. If your family wants a visitation and service in one afternoon, or a private family time before friends arrive, we build the schedule around you.

The details are what people remember. A favorite hymn, a grandson reading scripture, a photo board by the door, a video tribute set to the music they always had on in the shop. We can arrange for military honors, a fraternal or Legion service, a church luncheon after the burial, or a display of the quilts, tools, or trophies that tell the story better than words do. If your family has a tradition we have not seen before, bring it to us. Our job is to make room for it.

We coordinate directly with cemeteries in DeMotte and the surrounding communities, arranging the opening and closing of the grave, the outer burial container required by most cemeteries, the pallbearers, and the procession route. At the graveside, a short committal service gives everyone one last moment together before people head home. When your family is ready, usually weeks or months later, we can also help you order a monument or marker and have the inscription set correctly.