Our Services

Celebrating life, whether through a funeral, memorial service or a small family gathering, is a sacred and special event. There can be an overwhelming sense of not knowing what to do when a loved one dies. We know the questions to ask and can help guide you to the services that are right for you.

An informed decision often gives families peace of mind – explore our services and choose what's right for you.

There are many types of burial and cremation services available along with customized and personalized memorial gatherings, including:

• Traditional funeral service with burial or followed by cremation
  
• Memorial service at church or location of your choosing
  
• Visitation with casket or urn present
  
• A gathering at a location of your choosing
  
• Immediate burial/graveside service followed by a memorial service
  
• Forwarding or receiving remains to or from another area with visitation, funeral or memorial service
  

Burial: We are honored to provide a variety of burial services, including:

• Traditional funeral service and burial
  
• Visitation with casket present
  
• A gathering catered to your needs at the location of your choice
  
• Green Burial: With this option the body is not embalmed, at burial there is no vault used, the body is wrapped in a biodegradable shroud or casket, and burial occurs at a green burial friendly cemetery. This option will require the family to bury the body within 72 hours of death as required by Minnesota State Law. 
• Immediate burial/graveside services followed by memorial service if desired
  

Cremation: The cremation of a loved one can also include the same options as a traditional burial. Those options include:

• Traditional funeral and memorial services
  
• Memorial service
  
• Visitation with casket or urn present
  
• A gathering catered to your needs at the location of your choice
  
• Immediate cremation with or without a memorial service
  

Veteran Services: We work with families and the Veterans Administration to coordinate services that honor veterans and their commitment to our country. Families of honorably discharged veterans can choose to have burials at a national or private cemetery. National cemetery benefits for qualified veterans, their spouses and dependent children can include:

• Grave for veteran, spouse and dependant
  
• Grave liner
  
• Opening and closing of grave
  
• Veteran's marker
  
• Military Funeral Honors - for veteran only: (upon request)
  
• Flag folding
  
• Flag presentation
  
• Gun salute
  
• Taps
  

Upon request, private cemetery benefits for qualified veterans, their spouses and dependent children can include: veteran's marker, Military Funeral Honors - for veteran only, flag folding, flag presentation, gun salute, and taps.

Veterans and their families may be eligible for additional benefits in certain circumstances.

We will take care of you and your family during and after the time we care for your loved one. From transporting the funeral flowers and memorabilia to your home to providing resource materials - it's our privilege to offer aftercare services. If interested, we will offer resource contacts, connect families with grief support groups, and keep you informed of our Holiday remembrance services.

Funerals are life events honoring and celebrating a life of a loved one and commemorating their time spent with family and friends. Your desire may be to hold this special event at a notable location with unique tributes to tailor the service to a personal level. Our funeral home will consult with you and implement your ideas to offer a one of a kind personalized service.

Celebrations can be held in many venues throughout the area- indoors and even outdoors. We can help and suggest the right location that will be memorable and special to you.

Customizing the event to the unique life of a loved one can be as creative as you desire. This will help reflect the essence and style of their life and honor their memory. We will help you design and personalize your event.

Personalization and customization is important because it creates a memorable and unique service for you and the family, this concept is an essential part of our service tradition at David Lee Funeral Home and Cremation Services. It is our goal to help you create a meaningful funeral service. We offer many options to honor the life being celebrated and remembered:

• Many unique ways to tribute a life are available that we can suggest and coordinate for you such as, live stringed quartet, dove release, bagpiper, and various other choices
  
• A video tribute visually displays the memories once shared accompanied with a selection of favorite songs played in the background. This is a special way to illustrate one's life through a collection of photos. Provide us with a assortment of pictures and select several songs for the sound track. We can design a beautiful and long lasting tribute to your loved one.
  
• Customized memorial folders share a meaningful look into the life of your loved one
  
• Biographical, colorful bookmarks which are laminated for posterity
  
• Memorial photo boards can be displayed during the service, visitation, and reception
  
• Personalized casket adornments or customized embroidered interior panels are also available
  
• Unique customized urn selection Foreverence Urns
  
• Our spacious facility offers the ability to exhibit physical pieces to represent hobbies and interests experienced during a lifetime and also allows for the opportunity to share a meal together with family and friends.