Graveside service statement

• A. The body is viewed in a funeral home.
• B. A service to commemorate the deceased held at the place of burial.
• C. A memorial at a church.
• D. A repast.

Answer: (B)

A graveside service is a ceremony conducted at the burial site to honor and remember the deceased as part of the interment or immediately after. This makes the statement describing it as a service to commemorate the deceased held at the place of burial the best fit, because the defining feature is the location—the cemetery or burial plot—where the ceremony takes place.

Other events occur in different contexts: a viewing at a funeral home happens before the burial and is focused on seeing the body; a memorial service at a church is typically held away from the grave and may occur with or without the body present; a repast is simply a meal or gathering after the service. The graveside service centers on the committal at the burial site and remembrance in that setting.