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Funeral service management
The administration of a funeral service enterprise, the activities of which encompass marketing, office, personnel,
facilities, and financial management.
Galvanized
Steel that has been coated with zinc for increased resistance to rust.
Gasket channel
A device found on cup top gasketed caskets, used to hold the transverse gasket to seal the space between the head and
foot caps.
Gauge
A measurement of thickness of metals; the number of sheets of metal necessary to equal approximately one inch of
thickness.
Gimp
A strip of metal, plastic or cloth that is attached to the inside of the panel, covering the area at which point the roll
(cove) is anchored.
Grave
An excavation in the earth as a place for interment.
Grave box
An outer enclosure consisting of a body and a one- or two-piece lid.
Grave liner
An outer enclosure that offers protection from the earth load but without sealing qualities.
Grave marker
The method of identifying the occupant of a particular grave. Permanent grave markers are usually made of metal or
stone and give such data as name, date of birth, and date of death.
Graves registration
Supervision and execution of matters pertaining to the identification, removal, and burial of the dead and collection and
processing of their effects. See also burial. (Joint Pub 1–02)
Grave straps
Webbing or similar material used for lowering of the casket into the grave.
Group burial
A burial in a common grave of two or more individually unidentified remains. See also burial. (Joint Pub 1–02)
Group interment
An interment in a common grave of two or more individually unidentified remains.
Half couch casket
A casket so designed as to display the deceased from the waist up.
Hammertone
A sprayed finish that has the appearance of small indentations in the metal (as if struck by a ball-peen hammer);
the“indentations” are in the paint and appear as the paint dries; usually found on inexpensive caskets.
Hardwood
Any tough, heavy timber with a compact texture; any deciduous tree (any tree that loses its leaves annually).
Hardwood casket
A casket made of woods that are heavy, close-grained, resistant woods that are the ultimate in wood caskets and among
the most expensive to purchase.
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