Burial Services

Go Green with Stewart Baxter

We strive to help families remember a life in more ways than you can imagine. That’s why we offer earth-friendly funerals. Green burial is the ideal choice for those who are mindful of the environment. Our staff specializes in an array of earth-friendly services, including:

Burials with no preparation or embalming
Eco-friendly caskets and shrouds
Burials without grave liners or burial vaults
Cemeteries offering various levels of green burial

Receptions

We can coordinate and arrange an off-site reception at any venue of your choosing. Whether it be a restaurant, banquet center or golf club, this gives your family and friends an opportunity to gather and reminisce after your loved one’s service.

Military Honors

We will help you by arranging for military honors with a flag presentation and playing of Taps. We work with all branches of the military and local veterans service organizations such as the American Legion and VFW.

Certified Celebrant

A Celebrant is a professional who is trained and certified to meet the needs of families during their time of loss. This expert can help your family create a personalized tribute service to celebrate your loved one’s unique life. You may choose to use a Celebrant alone or in conjunction with clergy. If you want an uplifting service that pays tribute to your loved one’s life or if you are not affiliated with a church, a Celebrant service may be the perfect option.

Personalized Music

You are not limited to traditional funeral music during your loved one’s service. Customize the visitation or service with your loved one’s favorite tunes. We are happy to help your family compile special music selections to play during the services. You may connect your device directly into our sound system.

Livestream and Webcasting of Services

Stewart Baxter Livestream Services are available for funerals, memorials, and events we direct. Family members and friends anywhere in the world are able to be there with you. The livestream link is posted on your loved one’s obituary page on the funeral home website or for more privacy, you can share the link privately.

Video Tributes

There is no better way to remember your loved one than with a personalized video tribute. Our video program incorporates your family’s pictures with music into a presentation that can be played at the visitation, during the service or at the conclusion of the service. We text you a link and you upload the photos. It’s that simple. You can post the video online for family and friends around the world to see and share with generations to come.

Memory Tables and Photo Boards

Remember your loved one with a memory table display. You can include significant items from your loved one’s life, including a bicycle, golf clubs, gardening tools, hunting and fishing gear, a musical instrument, a motorcycle helmet or jacket, knitting or sewing equipment…the possibilities are endless. Display special photos, certificates, achievement awards and other significant items on photo boards for display at the memorial event.

Memorial Services and Life Celebrations

Many families are forgoing traditional services for more contemporary ones. A memorial service or life celebration service may be the perfect option to share memories of that special loved one.

Our locations are perfect for a Celebration of Life, but sometimes a local restaurant, reception center, country club, a family member’s home or even in a park is more fitting. The possibilities are truly endless.

Our funeral directors are experts in all of these options and will help you create the very best tribute.

Graveside Ceremony

A Graveside Service can be anything from a small, casual gathering of family and close friends, to a larger grouping with a formal schedule of events. Many times, the graveside ceremony will follow a time of visitation at the funeral home, a funeral service in church or place of worship, or one of our chapels. Some families choose to have a graveside service, followed by a memorial service in the future. You may also choose to only have a service at the graveside. Family and friends would simply gather at the cemetery for the committal service of the casket.

Clergy, friends or loved ones may take an active part in the graveside ceremony. Service, poems may be read or a special song may be shared.

Church Ceremony

The church has meant so much to your family and your community. Perhaps you were dedicated there as an infant, baptized there as a child or celebrated your marriage there surrounded by family and friends. It only makes sense to involve your church family in your final life event of a funeral.

We believe in supporting the church as much as you do. That’s why we specialize in hosting your funeral at your local church where you’ll be surrounded by the ones you love in a place familiar and dear to your heart.

Church funerals are typically scheduled in the morning, and are followed by the graveside committal service.

Stewart Baxter Locations

Our comforting rooms are the most popular with families whose loved one was not affiliated with a church at the time of their passing, families who are located outside of our area, or those who may not want a formal church service in a large sanctuary.

Our facilities feature seating for over 100 guests, the latest in audio and video equipment, convenient parking, and easy to find locations.

Our beautiful, inviting chapels provide the perfect setting for formal services and casual receptions.

Explore Your Options

Here are some common examples of funeral services chosen most often by the family’s we serve. These services can be held over multiple days or can be accomplished on the same day if desired. We can tailor any
of these options to meet your individual needs.

Viewing or visitation hours, followed by the funeral service at church
Viewing or visitation hours, followed by the funeral service in the
funeral home
Viewing or visitation hours, followed by the graveside ceremony
Church or chapel service, followed by graveside ceremony
Graveside service, followed by memorial services
Graveside service with no viewing or visitation

Gathering, Visitation and Viewing

A gathering of family and friends is often referred to as a viewing or visitation. Traditionally the casket is present, either open or closed. These gatherings can be held at the funeral home, church or place of worship, or other acceptable venues allowing friends and family to come together and pay their final respects to the person who has died. It is also a time for closure, when those left behind can say goodbye.

Overview of Funeral Services

While many families still choose more traditional funeral services, others prefer to create new and unique experiences. Regardless of your needs, we promise to help arrange a truly meaningful celebration of your loved one’s life.

Service We Provide

Stewart Baxter Funeral Homes offer distinctive, personal, and affordable services designed to help you honor your loved one in a way that is unique to them and meaningful to you.

Choosing a Cemetery

Choosing a cemetery is based on many factors including location, upkeep and maintenance, type of headstone or marker, and peacefulness of the area. We maintain an extensive list of area cemeteries and their contact information. We serve all cemeteries including those owned by other funeral homes. You may use any funeral home to bury your loved one at any cemetery.