Funerals

What is a funeral ?

• A ceremony during which a person who has died is remembered following which they are buried or cremated.

• A vehicle specially designed to carry the coffin to the funeral venue

• An area of land often in the grounds of a cemetery where memorials, such as plaques, remembrance roses, and private gardens, are installed.

• A container for keeping the ashes of someone who has been cremated

What is a green funeral ?

• A scheme by which someone can pay for their own funeral in advance of their death

• A funeral wear everyone wears the colour green

• A funeral that uses environmentally-friendly practices and materials, such as using biodegradable coffins and minimising the use of vehicles. Often associated with woodland or natural burial grounds

• the process of preserving the body of someone who has died before the funeral

What is a humanist funeral ?

• An area of land often in the grounds of a cemetery where memorials, such as plaques, remembrance roses, and private gardens, are installed

• Traditionally an overnight vigil held beside the body a person who has died before the burial takes place

• An overnight vigil held beside the body a person who has died

• A non-religious ceremony that supports family and friends to mourn and to celebrate the person who has died. They focus on the life they led, the relationships they forged, and the legacy they left

What is a funeral reception ?

• A room in a funeral home where people can visit the body of a loved one who has died, not necessarily religious.

• A gathering after a funeral, less formal than the service, where mourners can meet to reminisce about the person who has died and support each other. Food and drink are usually served. In the UK also known as a wake

• An area of land often in the grounds of a cemetery where memorials, such as plaques, remembrance roses, and private gardens, are installed

• A non-religious ceremony that supports family and friends to mourn and to celebrate the person who has died

What is a eulogy ?

• A funeral that uses environmentally-friendly practices and materials

• A container for keeping the ashes of someone who has been cremated

• A speech given at a funeral in honour of the person who has died, often made by a celebrant or someone who knew the dead person well

• An article setting out the story of the deceased person’s life marking particular achievements or highlights of interest

What is a celebrant ?

• A person who leads the funeral service, which can include giving a eulogy. They may be religious, civil or humanist

• A person who cheers people up at a funeral

• A speech given at a funeral in honour of the person who has died

• an object, work of art, or monumental masonry

What is a chapel of rest ?

• The place the funeral takes place

• A place you have a rest before the funeral

• A container for keeping the ashes of someone who has been cremated

• A room in a funeral home where people can visit the body of a loved one who has died, not necessarily religious.

What is a cremation ?

• The process of preserving the body of someone who has died

• The reduction of human remains to basic elements through flame, heat and vaporization

• Traditionally an overnight vigil held beside the body a person who has died before the burial takes place

• Another word for dying

What is a funeral director ?

• A vehicle specially designed to carry the coffin to the funeral venue

• A room in a funeral home where people can visit the body of a loved one who has died

• The person who leads the funeral

• Someone employed to organise a funeral. There to offer help, guidance and advice, they can organise all aspects of the ceremony

What is embalming ?

• The process of preserving the body of someone who has died before the funeral, not permitted before a funeral in some woodland or natural burial grounds

• The reduction of human remains to basic elements through flame, heat and vaporization

• An area of land often in the grounds of a cemetery where memorials

• When flowers are placed on caskets or carried at a funeral