OBITUARIES GRIEF ASSISTANCE PLAN AHEAD CONTACT US HOME Do you have to have a funeral director to bury the deceased? In most states, family members may bury their own loved one although regulations vary. However, most people find it very trying to be solely responsible for arranging the numerous complex details and legal matters surrounding a death. What is the purpose of embalming? Embalming makes it possible to lengthen the time between death and the final disposition thus allowing family members time to arrange and participate in the type of service most comforting to them. Embalming sanitizes and preserves the body, retards the decomposition process and enhances the appearance of a person's body, even for those who have been disfigured by traumatic death or illness. Does a body have to be embalmed, according to law? No. However, most states require embalming when death was caused by a reportable contagious disease, when remains are to be transported from one state to another by common carrier, when there is a public viewing of the body or if final disposition is not to be made within a prescribed number of hours. Isn't burial space becoming scarce? While it is true some metropolitan areas have limited available cemetery space, in most areas of the country there is enough space set aside for the next 50 years without creating new cemeteries. In addition, land available for new cemeteries is more than adequate, especially with the increase in entombment and multi-level grave burial. WHO WE ARE LOCATIONS REMEMBER THEIR STORY LIVE PASSIONATELY French Funerals - Cremations       PO Box 25063       Albuquerque, NM 87125-0063        1-505-843-6333            info@remembertheirstory.com