Traditional Service

The traditional service is the heart of our business. The traditional service contains the items and elements that you choose to have in it. There is a basic charge for our services.

What does the basic service charge cover?

• Ensures that staff is available 24 hours daily to respond to your requests for services
  
• Ensures the reporting and filing of all important papers
  
• Shelters the remains
  
• Coordination of funeral service plans, for example, with church, clergy, etc.
  
• Handles the service itself and all of the details pertaining to it
  
• This fee is included in our charges for direct cremations, immediate burials, any funeral arrangements that you choose, and forwarding or receiving remains from an out of town funeral homes

Is embalming necessary?

• Embalming is not required by law.
  
• No embalming is appropriate for direct cremation or immediate burials.
  
• If you choose a service with a viewing, then embalming is necessary.
  

What is the range of services provided?

• Viewings
  
• Transportation Services
  
• Funeral Merchandise or Remembrance Package
  
• Forwarding Remains to Another Funeral Home
  
• Receiving Remains from Another Funeral Home
  
• Direct Cremations
  
• Immediate Burials
  
• Funeral Merchandise, including Caskets,Vaults, Urns, and Clothing
  
• Filing All Pertinent Paperwork
  

Death of a Child:

We know that losing a child is difficult. Blair-Lowther Funeral Home & Crematory feels that a family should not have to be burdened with some of the normal costs that go along with the burial of a child.  (Ages 0 to 18)

Service Availability:

There are no viewings or services of any kind on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. Our services are available at all other times.