Offering Comfort
Funeral Service Options
At J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, A Life Celebration Home, our goal is to provide a meaningful, healing, tributes that reflect the individual life lived while providing the family the tools necessary to begin to heal so they can one day live well again. Our services, no matter the type, will be uniquely personalized to reflect a life well lived.
WE PROVIDE MANY SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE:
Traditional
Life Celebration service arrangements that include a visitation (wake) that walks family and friends down the path of your loved ones life and traditional or contemporary funeral ceremony, followed by final disposition at the cemetery of the families choice.
Simple Graveside Service
Life Celebration arrangements for disposition in a cemetery without having any ceremonies or visitation.
Traditional Cremation
While very similar to traditional, immediately following Life Celebration services; your loved one is transferred to a crematory instead of the funeral procession going to the cemetery.
Immediate Cremation
Immediate cremation is selected when no ceremony or visitation is desired.
Memorial Service
Life Celebration arrangements that include a service without your loved one physically present. This tribute can include a visitation, traditional or contemporary ceremony, and even committal service at the gravesite.
Off-Premisis Specialists
The largest growing Life Celebration choice for families. We secure a location meaningful to your loved one, coordinate special tributes, audio equipment, food and beverage services, if requested, to create a uniquely personal, tribute. These events are typically held on a weekend or evening and provide a relaxed, themed atmosphere that truly represents the life of your loved one.
International Arrangements
Life Celebration arrangements that may or may not provide a tribute stateside, then would provide for transfer abroad to any country for arrangements and burial overseas. J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, A Life Celebration Home is an international shipping specialist.
Personalization
With any Life Celebration arrangement selection, there are many ways to personalize and memorialize your loved one. Our Life Celebration counselors and staff will assist in creating a uniquely personal, and meaningful funeral service. We will tailor services to meet the lifestyle and personality of the life that was so cherished, as well as stage the event with items that help your guests walk the path of your loved one's life. Our Life Celebration home is able to offer one-of-a-kind personalization that is second to none. We are pioneers in the funeral service profession, being the first to introduce Complimentary DVD Tribute Videos, Online Memorial pages, custom personalization in printed items, register books, and many other memorials printed products and resources that are in a completely different class than any other funeral service provider in the area.
Ease the Burden
Our goal is to exceed your expectations from the first call to us until you begin the long journey of grief that follows the loss of a loved one, and beyond. We will ease your burdens, handling virtually every "functional" part of the planning process from gathering information, coordinating services with clergy, cemetery, crematory, as well as any concierge planning such as dry cleaning, travel planning, and funeral luncheon planning that you may desire. We will provide you with information to help you through the process of the funeral, but most importantly to help you grieve and start on the path toward healing following the loss of a loved one.
Floral Services
Our Life Celebration home is affiliated with a local flower shop, to EASE THE BURDEN of the family. We offer a wide range of floral pieces, and services for the family to select during the first meeting, or arrangement. Our flowers are always of the highest quality, and we offer a satisfaction guarantee.
Military Funerals
We offer personal expert assistance with filing of Veterans Claims. Our staff can determine eligibility and file the necessary paperwork for you to receive entitlements.
Veterans Are Provided With
- United States Flag
- Honor Guard and Firing Squad at committal services
- Other benefits may be available depending on place of death, and rank of the deceased.
- Free Burial Lot at Diocesan Cemeteries
Social Security
We notify the Social Security Administration and assist in applying for benefits. The SSA will pay a death benefit of $255 to a surviving spouse or dependent child. Other benefits may be available, and one of our funeral directors are able to advise families on benefits available.
Insurance Claims
Our staff will provide expert assistance in filing for life insurance proceeds. Funeral directors are able to take insurance assignments in order to use benefits to cover the costs of a funeral service at J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, A Life Celebration Home.
