Funerals are an important step in the grieving process, as well as an opportunity to honor a life lived. They offer surviving family members and friends a caring, supportive environment in which to share thoughts and feelings about the death. Often funerals are the first step in the healing process.

• Traditional Funeral
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  The advantage of choosing a traditional funeral is that it follows a familiar pattern so families will know what to expect. A traditional funeral can make it easier for families and friends, because there's an established etiquette for the different stages of the ceremonies involved.

  • Calling hours or visitation
  • A formal service in a funeral home or church
  • Procession with a hearse to escort your loved one to a cemetery
  • Earth burial or entombment of the casketed remains in a mausoleum

  Some of the costs associated with a traditional funeral will include:

  • Personal services of the funeral director
  • Embalming, dressing, cosmetology and hair arrangement
  • Use of funeral home for visitations and the funeral service
  • Hearse and other funeral vehicles
  • Casket, vault and other goods and services

  
  
  
• Personalized Funerals
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  We take great care to offer services to those in our community who are seeking more personal ways to express grief and say goodbye to a loved one. We do not seek only to ‘dress up’ the traditional funeral services, but listen closely to our families, and create truly unique, completely personal services for your loved one.

  Some popular ways in which our client families have personalized funerals include:

  • Display arts, crafts, or other personal artifacts that were cherished by the deceased
  • Lead the funeral procession past some of the deceased's favorite spots.
  • Hold the funeral in a favorite spot of the deceased, especially if he or she was not a churchgoer.
  • Playing favorite songs during the Calling hours or service.
  • Releasing balloons, at the interment, as a celebration of the life and ethereal spirit of the deceased.
  • Presentation of a personalized photo display, digital or video memorial.
  • Family and friends are invited to write letters containing their unspoken thoughts, which are then placed in the casket with the deceased.
  • Online guest books. All comments left by Web site visitors are noted to the funeral register for the family.
  • Live music played at services.
  • Audio recording of the services.

  
  
  
• Veterans Services/Military Funerals
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  We are proud to be a member of the Veterans and Family Memorial Care Network, and want to take a moment to remind you that all veterans qualify for military funeral honors and many veteran benefits, regardless of their rank or the place of burial.

  The following groups are also eligible for military honors:

  • Military members on active duty or in the Selected Reserve.
  • Former military members who served on active duty and departed under conditions other than dishonorable.
  • Former military members who completed at least one term of enlistment or a period of initial obligated service in the Selected Reserve, and who departed under conditions other than dishonorable.
  • Former military members discharged from the Selected Reserve due to a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.

  
  
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  Those who serve in the military may be eligible for special funeral and burial benefits because of their honorable service. Our staff is experienced in completing the necessary paperwork involved, and gladly takes the responsibility to do so – relieving the family of this burdensome task.

  We at Wood Funeral Homes are completely committed to providing families of the veterans in our community with unsurpassed service.

  Specialized Veterans’ Services and Merchandise

  Our Veterans are honored by the local VFW Memorial Squad, and an honor guard, specially trained in the military rites and procedure. We use both the local VFW Memorial squad and an honor guard from the local arsenal that is specially trained in funeral procedure.

  • Flag holders
  • Military emblems on caskets and vaults
  • Printed prayer cards, memorial folders, obituary bookmarks, and Register books, all displaying the proper military insignia

  
  
  
• Direct (Immediate) Burials
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  Direct burial includes local transfer of the deceased to the funeral home, required authorizations, services of funeral director and staff, transportation of the deceased by livery to local area cemetery. Our prices do not include cemetery charges.

• Transfer (shipping) Services
• Nationwide and International Services
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  If your loved one dies far from the Dallas Forth Worth area, we will help you return their body to you. And, should you wish a loved one returned to their birthplace, or to another location for interment or entombment, we can make all the arrangements for you. Call us to discuss your needs.

• Limited Services Options
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  Every family is unique. We listen not only with our ears, but with our hearts, and will consider all your financial and emotional constraints in designing a funeral or memorial service that suits your needs. No matter what your budget or your vision for your loved one’s service, we’re here to help.

Please click on the bulleted points below for more information.

• Tribute Videos
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  Our Life Tributes program offers a customized and animated video and a dedicated website honoring your loved one’s life. Each part of the Life Tributes program uses photos of your loved one combined with one of our various themes to create a memorial DVD that is yours to keep. This can be shown at the viewing or at a funeral service and can be viewed online.

• Personalized Register Books
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  Families have a choice of several Register Books that provide a place for visitors to sign in at services. The books are personalized for each individual with a memory page and a page for a family record. Funeral service and burial place information are also recorded in the Register Book.

• Memorial Folders
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  We create folders to distribute to friends and family at services or to include in thank you notes. These folders contain a verse chosen by the family along with information about the loved one. A photo of the loved one may be included in the folders.

• Prayer Cards
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  Prayer Cards are personalized with birth and death information about your loved one. A verse, chosen by the family, is printed on the cards. These are handed out at services and many families choose to have extra cards printed to give to those who may not have been able to attend services.

• Thank You Notes
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  Thank you notes or acknowledgement cards are personalized for our families. There is a large choice of designs for the note cards and the cards contain a message that is chosen by the family. We are able to make these note cards available to the family long after the service is over.

• Keepsake Tributes
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  Various Keepsake Urns and jewelry are available for families who wish to memorialize portions of cremated remains.

• Personalized Bookmarks
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  Laminated bookmarks with copies of the obituary are created for our families.

• Balloon Release
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  We can arrange for balloons to be released at the interment to celebrate the life and spirit of your loved one.

• Live Musicians
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  Arrangements can be made to have local musicians perform during services at church, funeral home and cemetery. Most familiar songs can be requested.

Cremation refers to the way in which you choose to handle the physical remains of you or your loved one. Whether you choose burial, or cremation, you can still have a traditional funeral, or a simple memorial service, with or without the cremated remains.

You can also select direct cremation, which includes local transfer of the deceased to funeral home, required authorizations, services of a funeral director and staff, transportation of the deceased by livery to local crematory, an alternative container for cremation and the return of the cremains to the funeral home.

If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials.

• Cremation Options Packages
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  • Funeral Home Chapel Service - A contemporary or religious ceremony can be scheduled in the funeral home chapel.
  • Church Service - A church Memorial Celebration can be personalized with special family photographs and memorabilia.
  • Graveside Service - A gathering as cremated remains are interred is one of several options.
  • Memorial Service - Memorial Registry Book, Memorial Service folders and Flag cases can personalize the service or ceremony of your loved one.

• Caskets
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  Caskets are made in a wide variety of styles and materials. They can be made from inexpensive materials, such as pine or a composite of hardboard and cost less. Or they can be very expensive when made from the finest materials such as bronze or mahogany.

• Vaults
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  Most cemeteries require that the casket be placed in an outer burial receptacle capable of withstanding the weight and pressures of the earth above and surrounding the receptacle. Our Merchandise Selection Room provides samples of vaults and other outer burial containers for each family to preview and make their selection of choice.

• Urns
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  Memorial Urns are permanent containers for the cremated body. A wide range of styles and prices appropriate for burial, niches, scattering, keepsakes or discreet placement in a home. Your personal plans for the final placement of the urn can play an important part in you selection process. Some urns are ornately designed for display purposes while others are very basic in style. Many of the urns can also be personalized with engravings.

• Urn Vaults
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  Memorial Urns are permanent containers for the cremated body. A wide range of styles and prices appropriate for burial, niches, scattering, keepsakes or discreet placement in a home. Your personal plans for the final placement of the urn can play an important part in you selection process. Some urns are ornately designed for display purposes while others are very basic in style. Many of the urns can also be personalized with engravings or laser designs.