Immediate burial is defined as the disposition of human remains by burial without formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the body present. Which option best matches this definition?

Immediate burial is defined as the disposition of human remains by burial without formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the body present. Which option best matches this definition?

• A. Disposal by cremation
• B. Burial without viewing or ceremony with the body present, except for a graveside service
• C. Burial with a full funeral service
• D. Disinterment

Answer: (B)

Immediate burial means burying the remains without a formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the body present. The option that describes burial without a viewing or formal ceremony with the body present, while allowing a graveside service, matches this idea because the body is buried without a traditional viewing or full ceremony, and any service at the graveside is typically brief and not a full ceremony with viewing. Disposing by cremation, a full funeral service with viewing, or disinterment do not fit the definition: cremation is a different disposition, a full funeral service includes viewing and a formal ceremony, and disinterment is removing a body from a burial.

Immediate burial means burying the remains without a formal viewing, visitation, or ceremony with the body present. The option that describes burial without a viewing or formal ceremony with the body present, while allowing a graveside service, matches this idea because the body is buried without a traditional viewing or full ceremony, and any service at the graveside is typically brief and not a full ceremony with viewing.

Disposing by cremation, a full funeral service with viewing, or disinterment do not fit the definition: cremation is a different disposition, a full funeral service includes viewing and a formal ceremony, and disinterment is removing a body from a burial.