Graveside service
A short ceremony held at the cemetery plot, before or during burial. Often the only service when families want something simple but in-person.
A graveside service typically lasts 15–30 minutes and is led by clergy, a celebrant, or a family member. It can be the entire ceremony, or it can follow a longer service held earlier at a funeral home or place of worship.
Graveside-only is one of the lowest-cost ways to have an in-person ceremony. It skips the rental of the funeral home's viewing or chapel space, and limits the use of a hearse to the cemetery trip itself.
- Traditional funeral— A funeral with embalming, viewing, a formal service at a funeral home or place of worship, and burial in a cemetery. The most expensive of the common options.
- Memorial service— A service to honor the person held without the body present — typically after cremation, direct burial, or body donation.
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