Traditional Service - A traditional service for burial or cremation is often selected by local families. At Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home we believe in the traditional funeral, because it best serves the needs of our families and friends. The traditional funeral service may include the following:
• Casket
• Transfer of the deceased to the funeral home
• Embalming
• Dressing, cosmetology and other care of the deceased
• Professional support and administrative staff assistance
• Use of visitation rooms • General use of the facilities for the service and arrangements
• Funeral service
• Use of funeral coach
• Limousine
• Administration vehicle
• Register book
• Acknowledgment cards
• Memorial folders or prayer cards

The traditional funeral service can be a meaningful expression for the family. It also gives friends and associates an opportunity to offer their tributes in the way of flowers or memorials to churches or organizations. Generally, a member of the clergy or other person chosen by the family conducts the service of remembrance. We encourage our families to actively participate in helping plan this part of the service. Regularly family members take part by giving a reading, singing or assisting the clergy. Nor are there additional fees for arranging and conducting fraternal services.

A Memorial Service is very similar to a traditional funeral service, except the deceased is not present at the funeral. Families might choose this option when cremation, earth burial or entombment takes place prior to the funeral service or when services have taken place elsewhere and local people would like to gather to celebrate a life lived.

Graveside Services are designed for those families that choose earth burial with formal services held at the cemetery.

Satellite Arrangements are often completed by families that prefer to make arrangements locally before services take place in another area. When families contact us with their wishes we provide as much of the services locally as possible then work in conjunction with another service provider to ensure that their requests are fulfilled.

Visitation and Transfer Services are available to families that choose to have a viewing or wake before their loved one is transferred to another center. All transfers are completed by our staff unless air travel is determined to be more feasible.

Cremation is a method of disposition; it is considered the process of reducing the dead human body to natural elements by use of heat.

Earth Burial occurs when families choose to place a casketed body or urn into an earthly grave as the final resting place.

Earth Burial, Inurnment and Entombment provides families with a place to visit and memorialize should they wish to visit the grave or final resting place of a loved one.

Direct Burial is a service option available to families who choose not to have a service or gathering. The casketed body is interred in a cemetery or mausoleum as soon as possible without formal services.

Direct Cremation is a service option available to families who choose not to have a service or gathering. The deceased is cremated as soon as possible without formal services.

Direct Transfer Services are provide to families that choose not to hold local services and wish to have their loved one transferred to a facility out of the area.

• Cremation Options

Cremation, the practice of reducing the body to its essential elements by burning, can be traced to the Ancient Greeks who viewed cremation as the only virtuous and fitting conclusion to life. Today, as the shortage of cemetery space becomes more acute, cremation is experiencing a revival. More and more environmentally conscious people are looking to cremation as a means of easing the country's growing demand for space.

Counseling and pre-arrangement services are available for those who are concerned with preserving the earth, so that they can plan ahead and have their final wishes respected. Our staff is concerned with assisting families with service that is both compassionate and dignified.

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