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Planning a Service in Another Town
If you want to be sure that you can make arrangements correctly for a service in another town, Pellerin Funeral Homes has some suggestions for this process.
Planning a funeral or memorial service is always going to be complex because it involves lots of different providers that you have to coordinate with. It can be even more complicated to make the arrangements if you want to have the service out of town. This is an option that people choose if most of the person’s family is somewhere else. If you want to be sure that you can plan the service correctly, there are some suggestions that directors of funeral homes Arnaudville, LA want you to remember.
Consider the actual transportation of the casket or urn. A casket is always going to be more complicated to transport and it requires having a good understanding of how the airlines can do this. This is something that the shipping funeral home can do. The casket will arrive and the receiving funeral home will pick it up at the airport and take it to the location of the service. Many airlines require the body to be embalmed, so do ask about that before making a choice. Airlines tend to consider remains like cargo, so it is likely that they will be on a cargo shipment. Keep that in mind as you consider the costs.
It can be a good idea to know the kind of budget that you have for an out-of-town service. You will spend more on this kind of service than you would on a regular one, so have that in mind. The best thing you can do is ask for quotes from different funeral homes so that you can have a good idea to the expenses you can expect and then make a budget that can accommodate all of that.
It is important to have two funeral homes helping you. You need one where you are to help with the shipping of the casket or urn, and one in the place where the service will take place, so that they can receive the body without problems. It is important to be able to coordinate this and to have experts helping you. If you are not sure about what company to choose in the location where you are planning the service, you want to ask the provider for suggestions. They may have worked with a funeral home there in the past.
When getting ready to transport a loved one’s remains to the place where they will have their service and be laid to rest, you need to have qualified people making certain everything goes according to plan. Hire two funeral homes to help you and ask about airline guidelines to be able to choose the best one for your needs. You also need to let people know where the service will take place as soon as you can. You can reach out to a Arnaudville, LA funeral home to learn more about how we can help you. We have years of experience, and we can assist in the planning of a service in another town. Give us a call or visit us at our location to learn more.
Jim is originally from Orange, Texas and attended Northwestern State University while on a golf scholarship. Jim graduated in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
After graduation, he returned to Texas, where he started a family and worked for an industrial transportation warehouse.
In 2002, Jim received a degree in Applied Sciences from the Dallas Institute of Funeral Sciences and returned to Natchitoches. He has been professionally employed as a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer since obtaining this degree.
Jim joined the staff at Blanchard-St. Denis in March 2008 and became General Manager in 2017. Jim’s level of care for the families he serves is shown everyday by his strong work ethic and his compassion for others at one of the most difficult times in their life.
He is married to Laura Flores and together they are owners of a local restaurant. In his spare time, Jim enjoys spending time with his family and occasionally playing golf with his son, Joe.
Dawn Slaughter has been a resident of Natchitoches since 1994. She moved to Natchitoches from Bossier City to attend Northwestern State University, but South Louisiana will always be “home”. Her dad spent 23 years in the Air Force, during which time she was fortunate enough to live abroad for 3 years and traveled to several countries. She met her husband Jason, at NSU. They have three beautiful daughters, Madison, Morgan, and Mikayla. In 2011, she graduated from Northwestern.
She was a stay-at-home mom for many years. Her husband has subcontracted for cemetery service for the funeral home for over 20 years. She began working at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home in November of 2018 as the office administrator and received her funeral director’s license in July of 2019. Dawn takes pride in helping the families of Natchitoches during some of their most difficult times, and helping them prepare their final arrangements to lessen the grief for their families.
Dawn is very active in her church, teaching her little third graders in Sunday School and singing in the choir at Christmas time. She is a member of the Les Amies Service Organization and enjoys volunteering in the community. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking and quilting. She is her daughter’s biggest fan in all of their pursuits.
Hunter was raised in Many, Louisiana, he graduated from Negreet High School in 2013. He then obtained an associate degree in applied sciences from Dallas institute of Funeral Service to practice Funeral Directing and Embalming.
In December of 2022, Hunter joined the staff of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home. Through Hunter’s 10 years of service in the funeral industry he learned how much he loves helping families through the toughest time of their life. Hunter takes pride in treating each family he cares for like his own.
Hunter has two children, Anniston Kate and Lawson. In his spare time, he enjoys fishing, hunting, watching any kind of sport, but most of all spending time his children and family.
Tommy started his career with Blanchard St. Denis working part-time. He joined our funeral home full-time in 2011 after retiring from the United States Postal Service with 37 years of service.
Tommy is a lifelong resident of Natchitoches where he graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 1970. He furthered his education by receiving an associate degree from Northwestern State University.
He is married to Lisa McClellan. They have 4 children between them and are fondly known as Pepaw and Nana to 8 wonderful grandchildren. Tommy loves the game of golf and plays every chance he gets. He is also a wonderful cook and enjoys doing so for his family.
Tommy is passionate about caring for and seeing the needs of others. He takes pride in helping the people in his community during one of the most difficult times in their life.
Steve was born in Natchitoches and raised in Montgomery. When he graduated from high school, he attended NSU and studied mechanical arts.
He began his career with Gifford Hill and Company, a major construction supply company. While working full-time Steve attended the Shreveport Beauty Academy at night and received his license for makeup and hair styling. After 30 years he retired from Gifford Hill as Regional Manager for the Southwest region.
Steve began working for Blanchard St. Denis in 2012. His new endeavor with our firm gave him the opportunity to work in funeral service, a field he had always wanted to be a part of. Steve loves working side by side with the team at Blanchard St. Denis and helping families after the loss of a loved one.
Steve is married to Phyllis Kinkle Stroud, they have 3 wonderful daughters and 6 beautiful grandchildren.
Anthony lives in Natchitoches. He was born and reared on Cane River and went to school at St. Joseph Elementary and St. Matthew High School in Melrose.
He is married to Janet and they have 2 sons, 6 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Anthony retired in 2006 from L&L Automotive which he co-owned with his brother. He then opened Anthony’s Auto, selling used cars. He also helps Janet with her catering business, Tatae’s. Anthony joined the team at Blanchard St. Denis in 2020.
Anthony Loves traveling with Janet, spending time with family and talking about cars with his sons and grandsons.
