Kuhler Funeral Home

A family is a legacy of love, a love that lasts forever.

Services

Planning the Funeral

We will assist you in planning the type of service you desire to have to honor  your loved one, and carry out your wishes.  We will  help you:

Coordinate with clergy to set the  time and place for the service.

Arrange  for: music, including vocalists, organist/pianist, and/or special musical selections,  and pallbearers.

Make  cemetery arrangements, including help with selection of a cemetery and spaces  if necessary; see that the space is opened and closed. 

By  offering a selection of: caskets, outer burial receptacles (grave liners and  vaults),  cremation urns, and urn vaults.

By providing  a selection of: service folders, memorial register books and thank-you cards from  which to choose. 

Plan post-service lunch/reception.

Place the obituary  and/or funeral notice in newspapers of your choice on local radio stations and our web page.

Personalize the service by: providing you with "memory  boards" for visitation/service; helping to create a  PowerPoint  video, if desired.  (Click here to see other personalized services)

 

Benefits and Assistance

We will assist you by filing the death certificate in the state in which the death occurs, obtaining a burial permit, and ordering certified death certificates from  the appropriate authorities.  To obtain a certified death  certificate in the state of South Dakota, you may contact the Beadle County Register of Deeds.

We will also file for social security and veterans benefits on your behalf.  For additional  information on these benefits, please click on the following links:

             Social Security                         Veterans Benefits

 

To complete the funeral planning, we will need from you:

            Vital Statistics                           Obituary Information

            Photographs                               Clothing

            Discharge Papers                   Insurance Policies