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Casket: (also coffin) a container intended to enclose a body when it is buried.

Cremation: (also cremate, cremated) to reduce a dead body to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.

Death Certificate: a certificate signed by a doctor, giving pertinent identifying information, as age and sex, about a deceased person and certifying the time, place, and cause of death.

Embalming: to treat a dead body so as to preserve it, as with chemicals, drugs, or balsams.

Funeral Director: a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.

Funeral Service: a funeral is a ceremony marking a person's death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the deceased.

Grave Liner: a concrete cover that fits over a casket in a grave. Grave liners minimize ground settling.

Interment: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.

Morgue: a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.

Mortuary: see 'morgue.'

Pre-planning: planning out one's funeral in advance.

Urn: a vessel for ashes or remains of a deceased person.

Wake: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial.

Will: a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die.