Planning a funeral while also coming to terms with a loss can feel like too much all at once.
From handling legal paperwork to arranging funeral flowers, there’s a huge amount to consider and coordinate during one of the most difficult times of your life.
That’s why so many people use funeral director services.
A funeral director, also known as an undertaker, typically works for a funeral home. They provide support, guidance, and practical help with arranging the perfect send-off for your loved one and overseeing everything on the day.
What does a funeral director do?
Let’s learn more about the role of the funeral director and how they support families before, during, and after a funeral.
Before the funeral:
- Collect and prepare the deceased: Collects the deceased, arranges for their transportation to the funeral home, and prepares them for the final farewell at the chapel.
- Helps design a funeral that honours the deceased: Assists the family in selecting from a wide range of packages and plans to create a highly personalised funeral that reflects the deceased’s beliefs and preferences. At Middleton’s Funeral Services, we offer traditional religious ceremonies and non-religious celebrations of life.
- Coordinate funeral logistics: Handles every last detail of the funeral logistics and transport arrangements, from arranging a burial site to printing service sheets and everything in between.
- Provide families with emotional support: Offers compassionate emotional support and comprehensive counselling to help you through those early days of bereavement.
- Liaise with local professionals: Handles communications with all funeral service providers, including clergy, cemeteries, and crematoria.
- Handle legal paperwork: Handles all legal and administrative paperwork on your behalf, including registering the death, completing cremation forms, and obtaining certificates.
On the day of the funeral:
The funeral director oversees every aspect of the schedule on the day of the funeral, ensuring that any specific requests are honoured and that the day runs smoothly.
If there is a hearse, the funeral director will typically walk in front of it and lead the funeral procession.
With peace of mind that a trusted professional is handling every aspect of the day, the family can focus on saying their final goodbye.
After the funeral:
The funeral director’s role doesn’t end once the service is over. They continue to provide emotional and practical support during the days and weeks that follow.
During this time, they may support the family by assisting with the following:
- Arrange for the ashes to be placed in an urn
- Assist with selecting a headstone or other memorial
- Recommend professional bereavement services
Why is the funeral director’s role so important?
When arranging a funeral, having the support of a professional funeral director can make all the difference, easing your burden at a time of great sorrow and providing invaluable peace of mind in the lead-up to the event.
There are numerous tasks to arrange and administrative duties to be carried out after a person passes away, including filling out legal forms and coordinating with funeral service providers, as well as arranging funeral cars and flowers.
A funeral director will work with you to design the perfect funeral for the deceased, one that honours their wishes and reflects their personality and beliefs.
Arranging a funeral is a big undertaking at any time, but when you’re grieving, it can feel impossibly difficult.
Funeral director services help to make one of life’s most difficult moments that little bit easier.
Trusted funeral services in Middleton and Greater Manchester
Middleton’s Funeral Services is a family-run, independent funeral home based in Greater Manchester.
We have helped countless families throughout Middleton, Rochdale, Oldham, Bury, Bolton, Manchester and Greater Manchester to plan and coordinate a beautiful final farewell for their loved ones.
We support our local community by offering a diverse range of funerals, from traditional religious ceremonies to non-religious celebrations of life.
For more information about our funeral services in Middleton, or to learn how our funeral directors can support you during your bereavement, get in touch with us by calling our team on 0161 204 7884 or emailing info@middletonsfunerals.com
