Funeral Home Vocabulary

1.burial when a person is

placed in the
ground

2.casket a box that the body

is placed in

3.cemetery a place where many

people are buried

4.cremation when a dead body is

burned to ashes

5.funeral where the body is

home kept until burial
(The funeral home
employees help
families with
funeral
arrangements.)
6.funeral the memorial service and burial
7.grave where a person is
buried

8.headstone a stone that marks

the
grave; it tells who is
buried there

9.hearse the car that carries

the
casket

10. memorial a service to

service remember the
dead person;
usually led by a
pastor

11. obituary newspaper

announcement of
the death; tells
about the
person’s life
12. passed another word for “died.” Example:
 away He passed away

13. sympathy a card that is sent to In Sympathy

card the dead person’s
family to show
you care