Starbuck Funeral Home

201 Edwards St

Merkel, TX 79536

Phone: (325) 928-4711

Fax: (325) 928-3078

Email: starbuckfh@gmail.com

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Funeral Services in Abilene

What is a Funeral Service?

No matter where it's held, a funeral is a structured ceremony, with a beginning, middle and end. Each is intended to engage the living participants in activities which will transform their status within the community, provide mourners with a collective grieving experience, and celebrate a life lived. It's a socially-acceptable way for members of a community to re-affirm and express their social attachments.

Basic Funeral Service Outline

Funeral services typically include the following components:

Visitation:

This is often called a viewing or a wake. Guests come to pay their respects to the deceased by viewing their casketed body and spending time with the grieving family. A visitation can occur at any time before the funeral service.

Funeral Service:

This event commonly takes place at the funeral home, a church, or at the graveside. It can include music, the reading of literary or religious passages, a eulogy, prayer, and the singing of hymns.

Committal Service:

If the family plans to bury the deceased, this stage involves the vehicle procession to the cemetery.

Funeral Reception:

Many choose to host this post-service gathering (or repast) at a reception hall. This is considered a time to share memories, laughter, and support.

A funeral service, whether traditional or more modern (memorial service or celebration-of-life), has two functions: to acknowledge the death and lifetime achievements of an individual and to bring grieving family members and friends together in support of one another during this difficult time.

What is a Funeral Ceremony & What Are Funeral Rites?

Turning to the social sciences for a more holistic idea of what makes a funeral, we learn the common features of funeral services around the world. You'll learn all funeral services are rites of passage, transforming status and reaffirming social ties.

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What is a Funeral Service?

Basic Funeral Service Outline

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