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Other Services:
Forwarding body to another funeral home
Receiving body from another funeral home
COMMITTEE FOR LAST RITES PROCESS
Establish a committee of six to eight leading Jains in the area to help out during the sad event. The committee members (with their addresses and phone numbers) should be passed on to everyone. Telephone calls to these members can help information flow immediately.
LIST OF JAIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Maintain an up-to-date list, with telephone numbers and email addresses of Jain Community Members. The funeral service announcement may be made by emails and/or phone calls to everyone informing them of the passing away news of a Jain community member and requesting everyone to inform others.
Obtain a list of relatives and out of town friends of the deceased that need to be informed. Personally telephone them with the permission of the family.
If relatives and friends would like to attend, give them the contact person's name, phone number and the address of the funeral home. Make sure the family of deceased has enough time to rest up before the day of the funeral. Stay with them overnight if necessary. If there are small children involved, make arrangements with the neighbors or with the members of the community to look after the children. Help children to understand what is going on. Do not hide the truth about the reality. Be honest and clear when explaining the details but be sensitive to the emotional needs of children. Arrange for car rides for family members and guests to and from the funeral home.
LIST OF VOLUNTEERS
Prepare a list of volunteers. Wherever possible, volunteers should wear Jain Center name tags so people can identify them for questions, guidance and help. Volunteer groups must be experienced or trained to be sensitive, polite, and good natured. These volunteers may guide the parking of cars, staff the entrance door to the funeral home, escort visitors to chairs, assist with sitting, and render comfort and help to grieving relatives, by helping them come to the podium or go around the casket or walk with the casket to the place of cremation. Volunteers may offer a glass of water to members of the immediate family and may pass a paper napkin to those who may be overwhelmed with the grief. Volunteers with strong hearts may be asked to help give bathe and put new cloth on the dead body before the public viewing and final sending off ceremony.
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