We have services to meet every family's budget.

At Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home we replace questions with answers, and provide a calm atmosphere for you and your family. Here, families will find a quiet and gentle atmosphere of dignity, professionalism, and trust.  In addition, we believe the funeral service you chose should be a personal decision which evolved from a multitude of options that our funeral home provides. Our training and experience have prepared us to help reassure, and understand the family whom faces the loss of a loved one. At Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home we explain the options available to your family and allow you to make your own decisions.

Although services may be selected from the itemized portion of our General Price List, the following list of commonly selected package services may help you select the appropriate arrangements.

Traditional Service

At Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home, we believe the traditional funeral best serves the needs of family and friends. In addition, the traditional service for burial, entombment or cremation, is usually the service of choice. The traditional service is a meaningful expression for the family, and it gives friends and associates an opportunity to offer their tributes in the way of flowers or memorials to churches or organizations.

The traditional funeral service may include the following:

• Professional support and administrative staff assistance
• Transfer of the deceased to the funeral home
• Utility car
• General use of the facilities for the service and arrangements
• Embalming
• Dressing, cosmetology and other care of the deceased
• Casket
• Use of visitation rooms
• Register book
• Funeral service
• Use of funeral coach
• Limousine
• Acknowledgment cards
• Memorial folders or prayer cards

Generally, we encourage the active participation of the family while choosing a member of the clergy or other person to conduct a service of remembrance. Many times, family members take part by giving a reading, singing or assisting the clergy.

If the ceremony is held in a church, there is no additional charge. Nor is there an additional charge for arranging and conducting fraternal services.

Cremation Services

With cremation services, we at Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home believe that you should be able to choose the type of service that you find most meaningful. That's why our list of services includes many options.

Once cremated, a loved one's ashes may be placed in an urn and taken to a final resting place such as a family plot, urn garden, columbarium or a family member's home.

Sometimes cremated remains are divided into several urns. This option works well when loved ones are spread out across the country.

Others choose to have their ashes scattered in a special cemetery garden or over land or water (where permitted by law). In this case, a portion of the cremated remains is usually kept in a keepsake urn as a remembrance.

If you choose cremation, a funeral service is appropriate, and recommended. Survivors still need the time and setting to grieve. We offer many types of services specifically for cremations, from direct cremation with no casket present, to traditional cremation with a visitation, procession and memorial service.

Additional Services

Non-Traditional Burial, Entombment or Cremation without visitation. For this type of funeral service, you select the services and merchandise from several itemized options.

Private family viewings are available, but may be subject to time limitations.  Please ask one of our staff about setting up a private viewing for your family.

A Memorial Service is the same as a traditional service, except the body is not present for the visitation or the funeral. The private family viewing explained above also applies here.

Traditional Ship-out allows you to select the type of services and merchandise for local arrangements and then the remains are shipped out of town for final services.

Limited Graveside Service is designed for those who want a ground burial or interment of cremated remains with a service only at the cemetery. Itemized options may be selected at the family's discretion.

Limited Family Viewing with Shipment is designed for those who want a private family viewing, but no other visitation prior to shipment of the casketed remains. Itemized options are also available to the family.

Ship-in Services are for those who want remains shipped to Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home for final services. Itemized options are available.

Direct Burial is a service for those who want only a ground burial, without visitation or services. This service is provided at the convenience of the funeral home and cemetery. Itemized options are available.

Direct Ship-out is when there is to be no local service and the remains are to be shipped to a funeral home out of town.

Direct Cremations is for those who wish the remains cremated without services. Itemized options are available. (A cremation container is required by the local crematory.)

Embalming Policy

Although law does not require embalming, embalming may be necessary if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with a viewing. If you do not want embalming, you have the right to choose an arrangement, which does not require you to pay for it, such as direct cremation or immediate burial.

If you choose not to embalm, it is our policy to be notified prior to transporting the deceased to the funeral home. A non-embalmed body will be permitted in our funeral home for no longer than 24 hours without refrigeration.

Personalization

We understand the value of our services and the importance of personalization, which is why we offer a wide choice of personalization services to help make each service as unique as possible.  

We of course welcome any suggestions, questions, or requests that you may have.

Please feel free to contact us directly or use our convenient online request form for additional information. Our personalization services include:

Video Tributes are a collection of pictures that fade in and out, rollover and blend together through a sequence over soft music. Video Tributes bring static photos to life and allow families and friends to take a journey through the life of someone they loved. Families can also choose to play Video Tributes during the visitation. We offer this free service to all of our families.

We all live our lives with different passions, pursuits, and beliefs. These aspects of an individual may be one of the focal points for remembering a life well lived, which is why we encourage families to customize memorial, visitation, or funeral services. To plan something special, just contact one of our staff to share. We’ll do our best to meet your needs.