How do they match: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

  • Perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.

  • Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
  • Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
  • Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
  • Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
  • Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise, and maintain a casket display area.

  • Gather information in order to provide services to clients.