funeral home
Where wakes happen
A funeral home is an establishment that prepares the dead for burial or cremation and hosts viewings and memorial services.
The business handles logistics that families would otherwise manage themselves—embalming, cosmetic preparation, casket selection, transportation.
The funeral home arranged everything after my father passed.
Also called a funeral parlor or mortuary.
Burial container
Preserving dead bodies chemically
- cremationBurning the deceased
- viewingAct of watching something
- wakePath left in water
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
memorial service · burial · interment · body preparation · death certificate · grief counseling · repatriation · prearrangement
Path left in water
- shivaJewish week of mourning
- viewingAct of watching something
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- sitting upBody raised vertical
lying in state · vigil · repose · cortege · procession · condolence visit · repast
Tribute for the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- tributeOffering of respect
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
legacy · commemoration · testimonial · memorial video · guestbook · keepsake · memento · death notice
Small worship room
- viewing roomSpace for observing displays
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- preparation roomSpace for advance work
- crematoriumCorpse incineration facility
Funeral home professional
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- embalmerPreserves bodies chemically
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
- officiantCeremony presider
grief counselor · attendant · cosmetologist · director · arranger
State following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
mourning · lamentation · tears · heartache · anguish · closure · support group · counseling
casket
Burial container
- coffinBurial container for remains
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- urnDecorative container for ashes
bier · shroud · burial vault · flower stands · memorial cards
embalming
Preserving dead bodies chemically
visitation · memorial service · burial · interment · body preparation · death certificate · grief counseling · repatriation · prearrangement · direct cremation
wake
Path left in water
- shivaJewish week of mourning
- viewingAct of watching something
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
sitting up · lying in state · vigil · repose · cortege · procession · condolence visit · repast
eulogy
Tribute for the dead
epitaph · legacy · commemoration · testimonial · memorial video · guestbook · keepsake · memento · death notice · in memoriam
chapel
Small worship room
- viewing roomSpace for observing displays
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- preparation roomSpace for advance work
mortician
Funeral home professional
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- embalmerPreserves bodies chemically
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
officiant · grief counselor · attendant · cosmetologist · director · arranger
bereavement
State following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
sympathy · mourning · lamentation · tears · heartache · anguish · closure · support group · counseling · healing
- funeral planningcasket, cremation, burial plot, burial wishes, burial insurance
- death placescemetery, crematorium, crematory, graveyard, mausoleum
- Death Sitesmorgue, gallows, gas chamber, execution chamber, electric chair
- Jewish mourningshiva, shivah, yahrzeit, sitting shiva, mourning
- funeralsburial, cremation, casket, coffin, eulogy
- local servicesbarber, barbershop, dentist, dry cleaner, florist
funeral homematernity ward
Hospital section for childbirth
birthing center · delivery room · neonatal unit · fertility clinic · maternity hospital
funeral homewedding venue
Location for nuptial ceremonies
nightclub · amusement park · comedy club · banquet hall · reception hall