Burkholder Funeral Chapel of Thorne-George Family Funeral Homes offers quality funeral services in Cortland, IN and the surrounding area. We have been a family-owned and operated business since 2017 with the purpose of creating healing experiences in the community. We offer families a beautiful setting in which to come together to honor their loved ones. We’re here to listen to your concerns, share our experience, and help you to arrive at the perfect way to gather before your loved one's interment in the cemetery of your choice. We can make suggestions to enhance your tribute ideas. Together we will create a fitting and memorable event. Contact us today at (812) 522-2517 to discuss the possibilities. 

Even though there are other funeral homes in the area, our Burkholder Funeral Chapel of Thorne-George Family Funeral Homes team stands out as a preferred provider. What makes us unique? Our goal is to ensure your satisfaction by delivering personalized results for every event.

Instead of simply checking off the boxes to deliver a cookie-cutter service, we take the time to listen to your requests and honor your needs. Through this process, you can incorporate family traditions and different types of activities into the funeral plan.

Not only do we have experience helping families with traditional funeral planning and cemetery burial, but we also have the knowledge to assist with everything from a celebration of life to cremation services. We believe that every family should have customized support while designing an event that is as unique as the person you are honoring.

In addition to the hands-on services that you need from a funeral planning team, it’s also important to select specific products to go with your chosen services. We offer a variety of options, including different colors and styles to match your needs.

Funeral or cremation products often include:

• Monuments or Headstones: This marker is a way to memorialize the grave, with a custom message or inscription about the loved one. We can help with the design, including stone selection, sizing, and other personalized features.
• Memorial Jewelry: Do you want to have a small token of your loved one that you can take wherever you go? A piece of jewelry is a great solution. Options include a small, decorative canister that holds some of the ashes. Or, we can take an imprint of the person’s thumb to be printed on a medallion or necklace.
  
• Casket and Vault: Before a person can be placed in the ground, it’s necessary to choose a container where the loved one will rest. A casket can be as simple or ornate as you prefer. We have basic, affordable caskets as well as nicer designs if there are specific colors or features that you like. The vault is the container that goes into the ground first, with the casket placed inside.
  
• Cremation Urns: Instead of cemetery burial, are you choosing cremation as an alternative? An urn is a place where you can hold the person’s ashes. Some urns are permanent, with the ashes sealed inside a commemorative container. Other urns are temporary to hold the ashes until they are transferred to another resting place, such as a location for scattering.
  

One of the benefits of choosing Burkholder Funeral Chapel of Thorne-George Family Funeral Homes is that we can help with product selection and funeral planning in one convenient location. We strive to deliver full-service solutions for funeral and cremation in Cortland, IN. And, you don’t need to work with multiple providers since we have everything that you need.

You never know what the future has in store, which is why it’s wise to be proactive with preneed planning. Even if you are in excellent health and don’t anticipate funeral services in the near future, you can start with preplanning at any time.

Funeral preplanning is a way to give yourself peace in knowing that you’ve finalized the details for the future. Through this process, you can make your desires known. Then, our team will follow through with the services after you are gone. This allows you to reduce the stress left behind for your family when it’s time to schedule the services.

Call our team if you need information about funeral and cremation in Cortland, IN. Burkholder Funeral Chapel of Thorne-George Family Funeral Homes is a trusted provider in the local area, and we are always here to help. Take a tour of our funeral home at 419 N Chestnut St, Seymour, IN 47274. Or, call if you would like to discuss available services over the phone: (812) 522-2517.

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Remember that you are not responsible for another person's emotions. Everyone is an individual, and everyone grieves differently. This does not mean they are doing anything wrong by feeling the way they do - It simply means that they are human beings who are experiencing loss. A good response to this would be something like: "I want you to know that I am here for you no matter what."  This lets your loved one know that no matter how their grief manifests itself, whether by withdrawing into themselves or being very vocal about it, that you are there for them. Check out these grief support resources.

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A death can have a profound effect on any family. If you have recently experienced the loss of a loved one, or are going through this process right now, it is important that you don't go through it alone. It is okay to ask for help from professionals and those who care about you. In addition, there are many things that need to be done immediately following the death of a person so that loved ones can mourn their loss comfortably. Learn more about when a death occurs tips.