Workshop: Behind the Scenes with a Funeral Director
Behind the Scenes with a Funeral Director – what actually happens from the time a funeral director is engaged to the time of burial or cremation.
Join Celebrants Aotearoa for a free online session with Ruth Lancombe-Post from Harbour City Funerals, to discover what actually happens from the time a funeral director is engaged to the time of burial or cremation.
Funeral directors and celebrants work in sync with one another but there’s a lot that celebrants may not know about what a funeral director does. For example:
- What actually happens when a funeral director goes to a site where there is a deceased person.
- What if the deceased is located in an awkward position or difficult to move?
- What does the embalming process actually entail?
- Or if there is no embalming process, what does that mean?
- What are the rules around burials, i.e., why can’t I just do it myself out the back of my property?
- How does a funeral director choose a celebrant?
- What can the funeral director do and can’t do?
- What do they find useful from the celebrant?
- What actually happens at a cremation – is it true the handles are removed and reused?
- What can you put in a casket?
This and so many more questions will be answered.
