Services

We are an independently owned and community-based funeral service provider, offering before the need, at the time of need, and after the service, choices and options.

We take pride in being flexible in all arrangements, whether that be a customary service or the option of cremation. We provide personalized choices and do so with pride and sensitivity, making your decisions affordable.

Keep in mind, that the funeral is a meaningful event that can help ease the pain of separation which naturally accompanies death. It is a time of sharing good memories and experiences with family and friends. It is a time when respect, concern, and appreciation for a life that has been lived can be expressed in a sincere manner. The funeral is an experience of value, and when properly planned, can provide lasting satisfaction and comfort to the survivors. Our funeral service family can assist you in planning and coordinating all of the details and will explain all of the available options.

Some of you may be thinking about cremation, you may want to know more about the process and the many services available to you.  It is simply the process of reducing the body to bone fragments through the application of intense heat.  Cremation does not limit your choices, but increases the options available to you.  Services or ceremonies may precede or follow the actual cremation.  Prior to the cremation there may be a visitation and/or funeral ceremony with the casketed body present.  If a ceremony or service is conducted following cremation, the urn containing the cremated remains may take a place of prominence.

The funeral ceremony is not unlike other ceremonies that distinguish our lives.  Baptisms, graduations, weddings, and such all serve to recognize a significant event in a person’s life.  The funeral ceremony likewise recognizes the final event in a person’s life and offers loved ones a chance to say a final goodbye.

We are honored by the confidence you have placed in us and know you will find that Sturm Funeral Homes are worthy of your trust.

Thank you,

Cremation

Cremation is one of the alternatives available for disposition following a death and is accepted in most segments of the population in our country.

A noted authority in grief, Eric Lindemann, has said, "Death is a psychological amputation." Regardless of the chosen procedure in dealing with the remains of a loved one, the survivors will experience the process of grief. Feelings of shock, denial, anger and depression surface as the healing process takes place. There seems to be no shortcut. Just as you cleanse a wound to make it ready for healing, so also what you do after death concerning the service and committal, will determine your ability to cope and adjust to this reality.

We know that death is painful for family and friends. Of all the difficult experiences of life we are called upon to face, the crisis of death is most monumental. What at first seems "easiest" may not be best choice emotionally...