Our Services

When a death occurs, your primary responsibility is to yourself and your loved ones.  However, there are a number of things that require attention simultaneously.  By calling the Marathon Memorial Chapel, regardless of the day or hour, we will respond to your needs quickly and competently in a professional and caring manner.  Our main function is to assist you with the necessary details of the funeral process.

Among the services we provide are:

• Arranging funeral details.
  
• Assisting in notifying friends and relatives.
  
• Securing necessary permits and death certificates.
  
• Care and custody of the body and embalming, if requested.
  
• Coordinating details with clergy.
  
• Arranging the music you have selected and notifying soloists, singers, and musicians.
  
• Placing obituary and funeral notices in the newspapers of your area.
  
• Assisting in arrangements of cemetery space, grave opening and closing.
  
• Ordering of floral arrangements.
  
• Assistance with monument selection and at-need lettering.
  
• Arranging transportation for you and the members of your family prior to, during, and after the funeral.
  
• Notifying any fraternal orders or other organizations that might have a part in the service.
  
• Supervision and direction of the funeral or memorial service at the funeral home, a church, or other location.
  
• Notifying your attorney if you are in need of legal assistance.
  
• Assistance in securing Veterans Administration burial allowances to which you may be entitled.
  
• Assistance in filing a claim for benefits under the U.S. Social Security Act, if applicable.
  
• Help in completing insurance claim forms.
  
• Contacting family or friends to serve as pallbearers.
  
• If the deceased is to be sent to a distant location for burial, the funeral director will make all necessary arrangements for transportation, funeral service and burial at that destination.
  
• Follow-up after the funeral.