Description
Plan, coordinate, and facilitate funeral, memorial, and cremation services by guiding families through arrangements, completing required documentation, scheduling venues and clergy, organizing logistics and merchandise selections, and coordinating transportation for remains and attendees.
- • Consult with families to arrange service details, including obituaries, merchandise selection, and service plans.
- • Gather and submit information for death certificates, permits, and authorizations.
- • Coordinate preparation and care of remains with embalmers, crematories, and transfer services.
- • Schedule cemetery interments and coordinate grave openings and closings.
- • Present service options, packages, and merchandise; maintain casket and urn displays.
- • Provide compassionate guidance and support to bereaved families.
- • Coordinate casket closing, visitation, and procession details with staff.
- • Arrange clergy or celebrants and coordinate religious or cultural rites.
- • Arrange transportation for remains, family, pallbearers, clergy, and floral deliveries.
- • Coordinate preparation and shipment for out-of-area or out-of-state transfers.
- • Discuss and complete prearranged and preneed funeral or cremation plans.
- • Advise survivors on benefits and required notifications.
- • Prepare estimates, contracts, and invoices; process payments and keep records.
- • Plan and stage room setups, lighting, audiovisuals, and floral placement.
- • Recruit or schedule pallbearers and brief them on duties.
- • Greet, seat, and direct guests during visitations and services.
- • Plan and coordinate timelines, venues, and vendors for funerals, burials, and cremations.
- • Liaise with medical examiners, hospitals, hospice, clergy, cemeteries, and crematories.
- • Ensure compliance with state and local regulations and funeral home policies.
- • Participate in community outreach and aftercare programs.
- • Arrange removal and transfer of the deceased from place of death through authorized providers.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
