Definitions

Question 1

Alternative container

Answer 1

Unfinished woodbox ornamentation or fixed lining or interior designed for the incasement of human remains and is made w/ fiberboard, pressed wood, cardboard, or composite material

Question 2

Arrangement conference

Answer 2

the meeting between the funeral director and the family where funeral arrangements are discussed

Question 3

BURIAL aka INTERNMENT aka INHUMENT

Answer 3

The act of placing a dead body in the ground

Question 4

CALLING HOURS aka VISITATION aka WAKE

Answer 4

time set aside for friends and relatives to pay respect for the deceased prior to the funeral service

Question 5

Cash advance

Answer 5

any item of service or merchandise obtained from a 3rd party paid by the funeral provider on the purchasers behalf

Question 6

Colombarium

Answer 6

A structure, room or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or recesses to hold cremated remains

Question 7

Niche

Answer 7

A recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of cremated remains

Question 8

Mausoleum

Answer 8

A building containing crypts or vaults for entombment

Question 9

Crypt

Answer 9

A chamber in a mausoleum generally used to contain the casket of a deceased person

Question 10

Niche is to

Answer 10

Columbarium

Question 11

Crypt is to

Answer 11

Mausoleum

Question 12

Entombment

Answer 12

the placing of remains in a crypt(tomb)

Question 13

Epitaph

Answer 13

A commemorative inscription on a tomb or cemetery marker

Question 14

Epitaph

Answer 14

A commemorative inscription on a tomb or cemetery marker

Question 15

Cenotaph

Answer 15

a monument to someone buried elsewhere

Question 16

Ossuary

Answer 16

A place where someone bones are held

Question 17

First call

Answer 17

When the funeral home receive notification of deaths,(next of kin, informant

Question 18

Next of kin

Answer 18

Person w/ right of disposition
Spouse
Adult Child
Parent
Sibling

Question 19

Agent

Answer 19

Trumps next of kin

Question 20

Informant

Answer 20

One who supplies statistics regarding decedent

Question 21

Funeral arrangements

Answer 21

The term mapped to the completing of the service and financial details of the funeral

Question 22

Gratuity/tip

Answer 22

A small sum of money for a service provided

Question 23

Honorarium

Answer 23

a nominal compensation for a service provided

Question 24

Inhume

Answer 24

Bury aka inter

Question 25

Medical examiner

Answer 25

Forensically trained physicians whose duty it is to investigate questionable or unattended death

Question 26

Coroner

Answer 26

Public officer whose chief duty is to investigate questionable death

Question 27

Memorial park

Answer 27

A cemetery or section of a cemetery w/ only flush to the ground markers

Question 28

Obituary

Answer 28

A news item concerning the death of a person that usually contains biographical information

Question 29

Death notice

Answer 29

A classified notice publicizing a persons death + giving service info

Question 30

Graveside service

Answer 30

A ceremony or rite for a decedent entirely conducted at the gravesite

Question 31

Committal service

Answer 31

The portion of a funeral which is conducted at the place of disposition

Question 32

Cortège

Answer 32

Funeral procession of cars

Question 33

Pallbearer aka casket bearer

Answer 33

One who actively bears or Carrie’s the casket during service

Question 34

Retort

Answer 34

The burning chamber in a crematory