Cremation Info
Cremation is a popular choice of final disposition. Making your arrangements through Thomas E. Fickinger Funeral Home has many advantages.
Among them, the use of our facilities for services. As with a traditional funeral, our funeral home provides formal facilities for the service and will assist you with the details of the service itself. Some of the choices available with cremation include:
- Funeral service prior to cremation with traditional burial
- Funeral service prior to cremation with interment in a mausoleum, columbarium or crypt
- Memorial service with viewing and cremation to follow
- Memorial service with cremains present
- Immediate cremation with or without memorial service
- Immediate cremation with scattering service
Assisting in cremation arrangements is something our professional staff does every day. Families who have information about all of their cremation options are focused and confident. We will help you understand all of your choices -- enabling you to make sound decisions. We also offer a wide variety of urns and other cremation merchandise that will help keep your loved one close.
Integrity Guaranteed
You should know that every employee of our organization has promised and signed their name to this Cremation Code of Ethics providing families we serve with the absolute unsurpassed, highest level of confidence.
Everyone in our family owned company from part-time associates to licensed funeral directors to administrative associates, from pre-need advisors to administrative staff, absolutely everyone has signed this pledge and a copy is in the Employee File of each associate.
We doubt you will find any competitor who has gone to these lengths to ensure peace of mind for the clients. The Roberts Funeral Home Cremation Code of Ethics and the individual written commitment of each of our associates focuses on a set of values and minimum standards that maintain respect, dignity, and care for the deceased and the survivors. This is another unique reason to choose us for cremation service.
Frequently Asked Questions about Cremation
There are a number of ways to ensure you choose a reputable firm for cremation. Check the qualifications of the staff, learn about the procedures that ensure proper running of the crematorium and proper identification of the deceased, and assess the candid and direct disclosure of costs.
