At Pedersen and Starbuck Funeral Homes, we offer many different services. Our training and experience have prepared us to help, to reassure, and to understand when a family faces the loss of a loved one. Here, one finds a quiet gentleness in an atmosphere of dignity, efficiency, and trust. We believe your service choice is a personal decision.

Our staff will explain the options available, allowing you to make your own decisions. Families are sometimes hesitant to discuss costs, but we believe in being open about all aspects of our services and are confident we can accommodate your family.

We are committed to providing meaningful ceremonies to help you memorialize your loved one. Whether choosing burial or cremation, our staff assists you in creating a personalized service to honor and remember the one you've lost. We provide an opportunity to create a service that reflects individual character and contribution.

Funerals

Funeral practices are influenced by religious and cultural traditions, costs and personal preferences. These factors help determine whether the funeral will be elaborate or simple, public or private, religious or secular, and where it will be held. They also influence whether the body will be present at the funeral, if there will be a viewing or visitation, and if so, whether the casket will be open or closed, and whether the remains will be buried or cremated.

A traditional service for burial, entombment or cremation, is usually the service of choice. The traditional funeral service is a meaningful expression for the family, and it gives friends and associates an opportunity to offer their support and tributes.

Generally, a member of the clergy or other person chosen by the family conducts a service of remembrance. We encourage the active participation of the family in helping plan this part of the service. Many times family members choose to personalize the service by giving a reading, singing or assisting the clergy.

Cremation

Contrary to what most people believe, cremation does not limit one's choices. The choice of cremation does not eliminate a funeral service. A funeral service followed by cremation need be no different than a funeral service followed by ground burial. Following the funeral service and cremation, the cremated remains are placed in an urn before being committed to a final resting place. The cremation urn may be buried, placed in an indoor or outdoor cemetery columbarium, or scattered where permitted by law.

Cremation does not limit, but in fact increases the options available. The options for ceremonies prior to or following the cremation can include the selection of a casket or an urn, visitation with the body present (or memorial visitation where the urn is the focal point), a display of photographs or personal effects and awards, the location of the funeral ceremony and selection of music.

We understand the value of our services and the importance of personalization, which is why all of our services can be arranged to meet a family's needs or wishes. Increasingly, we find that individuals want to create a service that reflects a more meaningful tribute.

Personalization

Every service should be a memorable, warm reflection of the person who has died. Photographs, a special song, even a favorite tie or golf clubs, can be incorporated into the funeral service to make it more meaningful. Our funeral home also offers the following:

• Color Laser jet photo reproduction and design on service folders
• Many casket panel inserts available from Batesville
• 5 caskets with Flexline© corner personalization options
• Tribute videos
• Video Recording
• Memorial Picture Boards and Tables
• Customized Markers and Monuments

Markers and Monuments

Because we strive to make each and every service meaningful and personalized to honor the memory of your loved one, we follow this same approach when designing a permanent memorial that will forever mark the final resting place of one so dear to you.

Utilizing our years of experience in identifying quality and value, we have partnered with a highly respected granite supplier to offer a large selection of markers and monuments in many colors and designs.

We offer permanent memorials for all budgets and all price ranges and include lettering, dates, carvings, foundation, delivery and installation. We also offer you the opportunity to view a computer-generated rendition of your marker or monument absolutely free of charge. We do this to ensure the accuracy of your memorial while allowing you to see the design for your total satisfaction with every detail. Finally, a written warranty provides peace of mind on your selection for future generations.

We specialize in working with families to create permanent and very unique memorials. We encourage families to design and draw their own, or to work with our artist to create a truly personal lasting tribute.