Meet our employees - Trimble Funeral Homes (2024)

FAQs

What is it called when you work at a funeral home? ›

Morticians and funeral arrangers (also known as funeral directors or, historically, undertakers) plan the details of a funeral. They often prepare obituaries and arrange for pallbearers and clergy services. If a burial is chosen, they schedule the opening and closing of a grave with a representative of the cemetery.

SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries.

A funeral assistant, also known as a funeral attendant, assists the director of a funeral home. As a funeral assistant, your responsibilities include assisting in planning the events of the funeral, escorting each guest and family member to the service, and potentially helping with the preparations of the remains.

It now consists of 42 funeral homes and cemeteries and over 500 associates.

The job can be emotionally draining.

Not everyone dies a peaceful death, and you may see (or hear of) tragedies along the way. You will also work with people during some of their darkest hours, and with that, will witness their emotional pain as they grieve their loved ones.

Sale of Casket: Funeral homes also sell caskets to make money. The sale of caskets happens to be one of the most profitable ventures that funeral homes engage in. Usually, they make the caskets necessary for each family. And to say the least, the coffins are priced to make a profit.

A fraud inquiry has begun into the funeral plan provider Safe Hands, which collapsed leaving thousands of people with lost savings. Some 46,000 people had paid into a fund towards future funeral costs.

A funeral home is a 24-hour, labor-intensive business, with extensive facilities (viewing rooms, chapels, limousines, hearses, etc.), which must be factored into the cost of a funeral. A majority of the expense is typically in the funeral home professional fees and merchandise for the funeral or memorial itself.

Ushers help seat guests at a funeral service. They direct people to their seats, filling the front of the church first (remember, the very front pews on the right side are reserved and marked for the family; the left for the honorary pallbearers and ushers).

What is a funeral attendant called? ›

Crematory Operator, Funeral Assistant, Funeral Attendant, Funeral Greeter, Funeral Home Assistant, Funeral Home Associate, Funeral Home Attendant.

Responsibilities: Serve as receptionist, greeting client families entering the office as well as answering phones in a professional manner, assisting callers with questions or directing to appropriate team members. Data entry and monitoring of death certificates, forms, and contract adjustments.

Service Corporation International is proud to be North America's leading provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services.

Bucktrout Funeral Home is the oldest funeral home in America, and it is still functioning even today! It was first started in 1759, and originally operated as a cabinet-making business.

When you buy a Victorian funeral home, you'd expect a few surprises. Just ask the Blumberg family – Heather, Arryn and their children Rafferty and Noa – who purchased an 1880s "Gothic mansion" to transform into their family dream home.

A Morgue Worker is often referred to as a "Mortuary Technician," "Mortician," "Funeral Director," or "Coroner's Assistant," depending on their specific role and responsibilities within the morgue or mortuary.

A pallbearer is one of usually four or six people who carry, or help transport, the coffin, throughout the stages of a funeral. Coffins are often moved on wheeled biers; but bearers are still needed. Also known as bearers.

Honoring friends and family with funeral roles

At a traditional funeral, the officiant will usually be the one to deliver a eulogy, while others can give readings or tributes. Pallbearers are another important role that can be given to those who were particularly close with your loved one.