No matter what you choose…

… burial is simply a form of final disposition. It’s the other things you do that determine whether a final tribute is meaningful, healing, personalized, and exactly what your family needs to grieve.

Direct Burial

Direct burial is available to families that do not wish to have services. Final disposition takes place by burial or entombment at a cemetery as soon as possible.

  • Preparation and transfer of the deceased
  • Services of a funeral director
  • Local transportation to the cemetery
  • Gravesite committal and burial oversight
  • Online obituary
  • Casket options

Memorial Service

A memorial service is any formal service that is held without the presence of the body. Memorial services often follow cremation, burial, or entombment. A public or private viewing is still an option with memorial services.

  • Preparation and transfer of the deceased
  • Services of a funeral director
  • Local transportation to the cemetery
  • Gravesite committal and burial oversight
  • Online obituary
  • Casket options
  • Gathering of friends and family

Traditional Service

A traditional funeral usually includes a viewing that is held at a scheduled time, followed by a funeral service. Services can be held at a church, at the funeral home, or at another setting of your choice. Following services, a burial and reception usually take place.

  • Preparation and transfer of the deceased
  • Services of a funeral director
  • Local transportation to the cemetery
  • Gravesite committal and burial oversight
  • Online obituary
  • Casket options
  • Gathering of friends and family
  • Viewing of the body

Graveside Service

When a graveside service is selected, the formal service is held at a cemetery instead of at a church or funeral home. A viewing, either private or public, may or may not be done before graveside services.

Life Tribute Celebrants

Dingmann Funeral Care Burial & Cremation Services offers trained celebrants to assist in creating a meaningful ceremony. Celebrants meet with the family and build a service from the ground up, using no template or format, allowing you the option to have a truly personal service. Celebrants may take part in a service instead of a minister or may work with a minister; the choice is yours.

Additional Customization:

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Gathering

Venue Options:

  • Our Chapel
  • Church
  • Outdoor Venue
  • Graveside
  • Your Choice
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Gathering

Venue Options:

  • Our Chapel
  • Church
  • Outdoor Venue
  • Graveside
  • Your Choice
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Processional

Vehicle Options:

  • Utility/Service Vehicle
  • Funeral Coach/Hearse
  • Limousine
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Processional

Vehicle Options:

  • Utility/Service Vehicle
  • Funeral Coach/Hearse
  • Limousine
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Personalize

Healing Elements:

  • Music
  • Readings
  • Artwork
  • Your Choice
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Personalize

Healing Elements:

  • Music
  • Readings
  • Artwork
  • Your Choice
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Our services include but are not limited to...

  • Body Donation

    Body donation is the donation of the body to a medical institution for educational purposes. Even when body donation is selected, you and your family can still have a funeral service, memorial service, and viewing of the body.

  • Organ and Tissue Donation

    Donating organs and tissue for transplant has no effect on the type of service that is available. Organ and tissue donation is usually completed in a tissue procurement agency's facilities or at a hospital by a tissue procurement agency before the body enters our care.

  • Death Away From Home

    When a death occurs away from home, we can help. We are experienced in bringing home the bodies of individuals who have died while away. The main thing to remember is to call us so that we can arrange all the details for you from here. This eliminates a lot of the confusion, stress, and excess expense of bringing your family member home.

  • Traditional Embalming

    Embalming is the process of disinfecting and preserving the human body. This process typically uses formalin as a preservative, allowing for flexibility in scheduling services.

  • Green Embalming

    Green embalming is the process of disinfecting and preserving of the human body short-term without the use of chemicals that may harm the environment. This process uses essential oils as a disinfectant and preservative.

  • Refrigeration

    Refrigeration allows for extra time after a death occurs before cremation or burial when embalming is not desired. Minnesota law requires that without the use of refrigeration, cremation, burial, or embalming must occur within 72 hours of the death. With refrigeration, that time is extended to 120 hours. This allows time for out-of-town family the opportunity to be present for burial or to view their loved one prior to cremation.

Why is it important to have a meaningful, healing, and personalized funeral service?

Meaningful - When something has meaning, it has deeper purpose, deeper poignancy. By intentionally creating a meaningful service, you allow mourners - family, friends, neighbors - to say goodbye in a way that will help them heal and bring peace and comfort for years to come. 


Healing - After the death of someone loved, you will experience feelings of grief. These emotions look different from person to person (sadness, anger, guilt, regret, shock, disbelief), but a meaningful service can help bring healing and comfort to a hurting heart.


Personalized - Above all, it’s essential to personalize a funeral service. Without personalization, you cannot create meaning or facilitate healing. Without personalization, you get a cookie-cutter experience instead of a one-of-a-kind final tribute.

Together, all three - meaningful, healing, and personalized - come together to create a truly unique funeral experience that will heal hurts, touch hearts, and help you say goodbye to a truly unique and irreplaceable person.