Since 1961, the Monti-Rago Funeral Home has provided families with counseling and support in making final arrangements for loved ones. The Monti-Rago Funeral Home offers advice from licensed funeral directors and maintains a well-stocked showroom of caskets and burial urns.
When a family member dies, the traditional choice for many is burial, often accompanied by a service of some kind. Many families request that the funeral home embalm the body and host a viewing or ceremony, after which the body goes either underground or into a mausoleum. Burial typically requires the purchase of a casket, a plot, and a grave marker, in addition to any required grave-opening fees and cemetery upkeep.
Many families today are choosing to forego the choice of embalming and viewing in favor of cremation. This option can not only cost up to 90 percent less than burial, but offers a number of options not otherwise possible. Burial is still an option for the cremated remains, though some families instead choose to keep or scatter the ashes.
Other families choose to neither bury nor cremate their loved ones, but instead elect to donate to the body to research or medical care. Some elect to donate organs and tissues, in which case the family can still bury or cremate the remaining elements. Others choose to donate the entire body, which can then serve to educate medical students or further scientific investigations.
A number of museums and exhibits, including the famous Body World exhibit, accept donated human remains to help people understand how the human body works. Donations are also welcome at medical schools across the country, some of which allow donors to specify particular uses or projects. Some even allow families to visit and see how their loved ones' bodies will help others.
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