A Guide to Vickers Funeral Homes Burial and Cremation Services in Mid-Michigan

Cremation and Funeral Services 
Vickers Funeral Homes
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Vickers Leslie Funeral Home - Vickers Springport Funeral Home

The funeral homes in Leslie and Springport have served generations of families in the mid-Michigan area since the 1890s. They have had several owners in that time but have always continued to serve our communities with an eye toward compassion, dignity, and respect. Darin Vickers returned to his hometown in 2014 and later purchased the business, changing the name to Vickers Funeral Homes. He has dedicated his career to honoring its history while bringing fresh and new ideas and ways to serve our families.

Mission Statement

To provide an atmosphere of caring and sensitivity while providing quality service as defined by each family's needs. To provide, on an ongoing basis, a facility of comfort in a sensitive environment. To always be good stewards of our community while providing a leadership role in our efforts.

Burial Services

There are different services that you can choose for a loved one’s burial, depending on your individual needs and preferences:

• Immediate burial means that your loved one will be buried or entombed without a public service or gathering.
• Visitation, also called a viewing, wake, or calling hours, allows family and friends to gather in a room with the departed loved one in an open or closed casket and say goodbye or offer their support and sympathy to the bereaved.
• Funeral or memorial services can take place at a funeral home, in a church, or even at your home. The service is a ceremony that serves to celebrate, honor, and remember the life of the deceased. Whether traditional or unique, both the visitation and the funeral service can be personalized to reflect the individuality of your loved one.
• Graveside, chapel, or committal services are held at the cemetery and allow family and friends to be present as their loved one is transferred to his or her final disposition through ground burial.

Cremation Services

If you are considering cremation services that Mason families trust, then there are many factors to take into account. The biggest misconception about cremation is that there can't be a funeral service or visitation. This is absolutely not the case, and we encourage you to consider holding a memorial service to celebrate the life of the deceased as well. There are many options open to you when it comes to honoring your loved one's life. After the cremation and memorial services, there are a variety of choices for your loved one's final disposition:

• Interment means that you'll bury or entomb your loved one's cremated remains. This can be in a family plot, a memorial site, a cremation niche or urn garden, or a variety of other indoor and outdoor locations. Ask our staff for a detailed list of interment possibilities.
• Graveside services are similar to those celebrated alongside a traditional ground burial, in which loved ones are present at the burial of the cremated remains and honor the deceased through memorial prayers or other meaningful tributes.
• Scattering allows you to spread your loved one's cremated remains in a memorial garden or cemetery, over water, or across any other meaningful site. You also can choose to scatter some of the cremated remains and retain the rest in an urn for interment or another form of disposition.
• Placing cremated remains in multiple urns allows family members who are separated by distance to each feel the comfort of having their loved one's final resting place in a nearby location. As experts in cremation that Mason residents count on, you can be sure that your loved one's remains will be handled with the utmost care and respect.

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Simple Cremation Package ……………………………………………………………………………..………..………………..$2,350

This package includes and is limited to the following only:

• Care of remains: Removal within Ingham, Eaton, Jackson counties. Ionia, Clinton and Livingston counties additional $75
• Complete services of the funeral director and staff include: securing and filing vital statistics, coordination with crematory, transportation to crematory
• County cremation permit fee, crematory fee and basic fiberboard cremation container, refrigeration of remains
• Basic wood urn
• (1) certified copy of the death certificate
• Arrangements made at one of our funeral homes or in the comfort of your home
• Payment due at the time of arrangements