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Phone: (518) 489-2161
Email: info@hansfuneralhome.com
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What is a Certified Celebrant?

A Certified Celebrant is a person who is trained and certified to meet the needs of families during their time of loss.  A Celebrant serves by providing a funeral service that is personalized to reflect the personality and life-style of the deceased.  At Hans Funeral Home, we understand the benefits to bereaved families when they choose to use a Celebrant. That is why our staff members have been trained as Certified Celebrants by the renowned In-Sight Institute.

Why Use a Certified Celebrant?

The training for Celebrants established by the In-Sight Institute seeks to provide the most comprehensive and sensitive training available. It is important that you and your family know that you are being served by someone who understands the process and is prepared to offer the very best service possible.

What Does a Certified Celebrant Offer the Family? 

  • A Celebrant has been specifically trained to design a service for your loved one that is completely personal, incorporating those unique stories, songs and experiences that defined the loved one.
  • The Celebrant will schedule a special Family Time for your family to share memories, anecdotes and special moments in the loved one’s life. The essence of the service will be based upon the remembrances of the family.
  • The Celebrant will consult with you to help design a service that best reflects and memorializes the life of your loved one.
  • The Celebrant can serve at a funeral service, memorial service, graveside service, anniversary tribute, tree planting, bench dedication or any other gathering designed to honor the deceased.

 

What is the Cost? 

The Celebrant will spend approximately 10 hours in preparation for your service as well as the expense of maintaining a resource library and on-going training. Each Celebrant has established a fee or fee range based up-on comparable professional services in the area.

Are Celebrants Readily Available?  

With our staff members being Certified Celebrants, plus the availability of independent Certified Celebrants, we can virtually always arrange for a celebrant to serve your family.

Testimonials

Our everlasting gratitude...

Dear Stephen:

On behalf of my mother and family I would like to thank you and your staff for conducting a beautiful service for my father in June.
All that was important to us, you professionally honored; all that we were unable to think of, you did. To have a loved one treated so respectfully at death means everything to the family. Our everlasting gratitude to you for your caring of my father and all of us. – BB

I appreciate the kindness and thoughtfulness...

Dear Stephen:

I appreciate the kindness and thoughtfulness you extended to my family. It was a great honor to participate as I did and of course to wake my mother at home was the ultimate. I will always be grateful for that kindness. – PC

Thank you so much for all you did...

Dear Stephen:

Thank you so much for all you did to make a sad time glorious in the Lord. Frances was a great friend and she must have enjoyed looking down on us and telling us that the “best is yet to come!” – EG

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