What Does a Funeral Home Do?
Freedom of Choice
You may choose Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care even if you pre-paid or pre-planned with another funeral home or cemetery. Dressler’s honors all agreements.
Pre-Planning (near death)
Dressler’s will guide you through all you need to know about the process, what to do when death occurs, planning the funeral, selection of a cemetery, and help you make informed decisions, reviewing all the associated costs.
Pre-Planning (long-term)
Funeral pre-planning is easy. In addition, pre-planning and pre-paying is responsible and safe. Funeral planning is easy in person, by phone, on our website, and by email communication. It is responsible to put one’s affairs in order and to set aside funds, and it is safe, 100% escrowed and owned by the person establishing the account for a family member or friend.
When Death Occurs and through The Funeral
- Any Time Dressler’s is immediately contacted (24/7) locally or when the death occurs out of town
- Transport Dressler’s transports the deceased from the place of death
- Funeral Planning The funeral home is the point of contact for scheduling the funeral with the immediate family, rabbi, and cemetery
- Deceased Care Dressler’s arranges for the care of the deceased by Chevra Kadisha (holy society), Shomer (watcher), and non-traditional requests
- Cemetery Dressler’s will communicate with any cemetery, and schedule appointments for you to finalize grave opening or purchase. In addition, the funeral home will make cemetery recommendations for immediate need or when pre-planning
- Rabbi The funeral home can help you find and engage a rabbi
- Casket Dressler’s offers a selection of caskets. Click HERE to see caskets
- Obituary We submit obituaries to any newspapers you request and we will guide and assist in composing an obituary
- Death Certificate A Licensed Funeral Director gathers information for the death certificate, coordinates with the doctor to fill in medical information, files with the county and obtains certified copies for the family.
- Social Security Dressler’s notifies Social Security following death. However, Dressler’s recommends the immediate family contact Social Security to confirm update of spousal or dependent benefits.
- Chapel Dressler’s offers an indoor funeral chapel for funerals and gatherings. See chapel HERE
- Funeral Service Location (Graveside, Chapel, Synagogue) We bring the deceased to the funeral location, provide direction to guests, set the guest book, assure sound amplification, drinking water in the summer, and a punctual start, in coordination with clergy.
Local Funerals and Burials
Dressler’s conducts funeral services at ANY local cemetery including Arlington, Dunwoody Jewish, Greenwood, Crest Lawn, North Atlanta Memorial Park, and Georgia National.
When Death or Burial Occurs in Another City
When a death occurs out of town, you may contact Dressler’s to handle all details to bring your loved one to Atlanta for burial, or to send them to another city for final disposition.
Veteran’s Care
Dressler’s provides services for Jewish War Veterans including military honors and full military honors, burial (including veteran’s spouse) at Veteran’s Administration cemeteries including Georgia National and Arlington National, a U.S Flag, and benefits paperwork. Veteran’s benefits vary and are offered to veterans who have been honorably discharged. Contact Dressler’s to learn how to confirm eligibility.
Cemeteries
Dressler’s will communicate with any cemetery and schedule appointments to finalize grave opening or purchase. In addition, Dressler’s will make cemetery recommendations for immediate need or when pre-planning. Dressler’s conducts funeral services at ANY local cemetery including Arlington, Dunwoody Jewish, Greenwood, Crest Lawn, North Atlanta Memorial Park, and Georgia National. Dressler’s will travel to cemeteries across the southeast including neighboring states and we send to and coordinate burials across the United States and to other countries.
Non-Traditional
Dressler’s honors traditional and non-traditional requests
Grave Markers (memorials and headstones)
Dressler’s designs, produces, and installs bronze memorials, grave markers, and headstones at all local cemeteries. See headstones HERE
Education
We would be honored to speak to you, your business, school, or organization regarding any aspect of Dressler’s Jewish Funeral Care.
About Dressler’s
Dressler’s is locally owned and operated by the Dressler family. We are excellent communicators, reachable at any time day or night. We offer kind and proper guidance to Jewish community for local and out-of-town funerals and burials, non-traditional requests, U.S. Veteran’s, and Out-of-Town funerals. We have an excellent reputation; just ask the community we serve.