How a Burial Vault is Sealed and Lowered. 

The amount of respect and professionalism shown by this gentleman is awe-inspiring. Thank you for your kindness.

There are no words to describe what it feels like watching your son and only child be sealed in a box and lowered into the earth. I was as close to dead as I've ever felt that day. The people who did these necessary things for my wife and I will never know how much their compassion gave us comfort. ❤

You can see, this is not a job to this man, it's a compassion of love! Every movement he's so caring, gently wiping to casket, gently moving the flowers, notice he gently placed the flowers on the ground out of the way, DID NOT simply toss them to the ground! This is a wonderful man!

I worked at Wilbert burial vault for 10 years. I've buried probably close to 1000 people in my time. You don't understand how heavy that lowering device is and awkward to carry by yourself. And that Butyl tape that seals the cover to to the base is not letting water in that vault. What you don't see is the setup. What the CSRs go through to set a vault. In the rain, freezing cold, blistering heat and everything in between.

This young man was very caring, respectful and reverent. Very nice demonstration.

Lowering a casket into a vault! This is how you love humanity! I remember this from my father's funeral! Beautiful good bye! It happens to all of us! Thank God for people like this that lays us to rest with respect, and love!

I have to say that this is a very respectable send off, it’s nice to know that there are still people who care kudos to this gentleman and all of those who help us say goodbye to our loved ones

Rest in Peace, The older I get (66) and the closer I get to my last day, the more I realize just how frivolous all of this is. It is a great financial burden on those you leave behind, and for what? Your essence, your soul, has already left your body. All that remains is your lifeless shell which, despise all the expense, will eventually turn to dust. On the Last Day, the Father will raise us all up. Put me in a cheap wood box or just wrap me in a shroud, un-embalmed, and throw dirt on top of me.

This guy is a professional and treated the dearly departed with so much respect

I love to see the dearly departed treated with respect like this. If we only treated each other as respectfully while we’re still alive. At funerals I often show my respect to the deceased by bowing, Japanese-style. A sincere, deep bow.

Im 44 yrs old, I've done this since I was 17 yrs old Highland Park and Covington Cemetery. Even though it was apart of the Job I couldn't do it any more, I've work with people from Wilbert, and many other burial vault companies in Indiana just finally gets to you if not wears you down and out. Mostly kid/baby burials finally got to me.

The respect, dignity, and professionalism is palpable. God bless you for your care......

We buried my grandmother last September. Some of my family stayed to watch them lower her into the ground, the staff were very professional and caring. Looking forward for the glorious resurrection of the saints of God.

When my Father a WW2 Vet passed in 2012, I watched the whole precedings. Since he was buried with honors, it meant when the time came my Mother would be buried with him on top. The graves were dug twice in feet, and then concrete for a vault! Her time came in 2022! I watched as they were so caring, not to rushed and they even explained what they were doing through every movement. It was beautiful, in it's own way! I thanked the staff at the mortuary and expressed my gratitude!

I have much respect for the funeral director embalmer and staff and to see this man in a suit doing this may God bless you for being professional and looking the part too

WOW! This is so touching. The way he took extra care of a person he doesn't even know. Im sure the thought crosses his mind that he'd want or expect the same. A lot of ppl these days are cruel. Who'd actually take out the time, to spend invest a few more seconds, to wipe down the casket. Knowingly, its going to get dirty yes, but its the thought. The love and so much compassion he has ❤

These people are so respectful in their care of the deceased as demonstrated here. Someone’s loved one was cared for as an action of love. Thank you for sharing this video. ❤

May God bless this gentleman. It is very hard work, the rewards are few. But, this gracious man does this on a daily basis.

This is so completely different from the funerals I witnessed while living in Europe. This gentleman puts so much effort and care into his task; it feels that this is more to him than just a job.

He’s the last man to ever let you down.

Best video I’ve seen in years👏

I worked in a cemetery one summer a long time and although the denominational cemeteries used backhoes, the city cemetery i was at, was pick & shovel, then after digging down about 5’, unless curved liners were used, it’d be about 5 and a half feet. The liners were of heavy black slate, i guess to protect the coffin when it was lowered. This convinced me that when it’s time to shed my mortal coil, i’ll get cremated.

I went with a green burial (preneed) I have no desire to put any one through so much work when I'm gone. Throw me in a hole in a shroud, thats enough for me. much respect to the folks who do this work.

Thank you for your love and care and respect you give to each family ❤

Breaks my heart every time I see this occur for anyone. Makes me think of that song, "See you at the crossroads so you won't be lonely!"

The only thing I don’t miss about working for the cemetery I worked for years at. Mainly is just when the funeral is going on at the cemetery you just stand back and watch or talk with maybe one or two of your work crew guys there. But in the end that’s a heavy mental burden just watching families grieving daily and dealing with death and every single day 2-3 times a day. Great job but after a bit that’ll start getting to yo u a little . And no you also don’t have to crank the casket down into the vault hole which ever form of wording you prefer, the device can lower itself as well.

Annie’s in a suit doing that you know that’s uncomfortable and works hard. I never knew how they did it. A mother died due to suicide and I worried about her being lowered in the ground. I know that’s silly but now I don’t have to worry, but I still worry about it leaking and stuff like that that’s crazy, but I love my mom. She was my best friend, but this man takes pride and what he does.

Respect for all who work so diligently to bury the soul who has gone on.

This man is so caring and shows so much respect.

I don't know if I could have watched them lower my mom into the ground almost two years ago in late June 2022. She had a lot of health issues including lung, breathing, heart failure, swelling leg, back pains. She was on oxygen for several years at home and on portable battery units and tanks when going out. We actually did a few mini overnight trips and a few long steam train excursions and she took battery units with her and extra batteries. It could charge in the car, hotel, etc. Maybe she wasn't 100% up to it but she did those for me. I like to travel, go in hotel pools and hot tubs, and ride train excursions. Se started to get worse though in early 2022. My brother and I are disabled, don't drive, and I am 50 and my brother 46 next month on the 17th. We have a man living with us since early 1994 and he drives us. He got the title to my mom's 2013 Hyundai Sonata.

There’s a price for everything in life and grief is the price we pay for loving someone and that’s the highest price any of us will ever have to pay.

These folks have the ultimate responsibility making sure our loved ones get to their final resting places safely , not a easy job emotionally or physically, and they are last person to be with your family member before the vault is sealed.

Much appreciated and respect for the kind and caring for the departed.

Life is short...make it count...this was a caring person who did this...the music fit the video perfectly.

This profession takes a lot of compassion and respect!

This young man is a true professional in all that i have watched. He not only display his professionalism but he wears it also. Congratulations to you my friend. A great asset to his job.

I wish our vault company used the Wilbert way. Your performance, display of respect to the deceased as well as your professionalism and passion for your calling. Behind a great funeral director is a great vault man (and you’re wearing a tie!). Thank you for better assisting us doing what we do. 🙏🏻❤

Depressing but incredibly peaceful.😢

I’m from New Jersey and I never seen it done this way. So respectful.

My father bought burial plots and vaults in 1975 for approximately $1500 . When my mother died in 2014 the man at the funeral home told me it would cost $ 18000 in 2014 . Dad really made a wise decision to do that .

respect for the way this man works...what good..

I love the way this is done by this cemetery, as it is not done like that in our cemetery. we bought a vault for our mother. the vault was put in the ground and her casket was lowered into the vault. then a truck came and lifted the cover and lowered it onto the vault. after seeing this I don't know how they can seal the vault the way they do it in our cemetery, but the way they do it in this video I can see the seal.

😢Watchinh your loved one being lowered into the grave is the hardest part of all

I appreciate you doing this for them with courtesy

Respect and reverence were on the top of his list. True professional.

I am glad they had good equipment. Those vaults and caskets are very heavy.

Beautiful music choice. I was moved. God bless❤️

The finality of it. . . 😢

I think this is the saddest part! I am getting sad just watching it getting lowered into the ground and I don’t even know this person 💔

Much more detailed and involved than I’d imagined; with many additional moving parts and procedures! Thank you for the film! This was oddly soothing, having lost the usual number of friends, family and even clients over the decades… I went to high school with a member of the family business whose product was utilized here, but I never knew that later in life I would wonder so much about the exact process of their product use. Thanks!

The song made it so very special ❤

Love the music... Heartbreaking 💔

As someone who took great honor in doing sympathy flowers, I respect your devotion to care and detail. A family only gets to say " good bye,", once.

Thanks for being very professional compassion it when do this! I am sorry for your loss of your family member! Fly high with the angels beautiful person! From ohio

The closing of the value was done in a very professional manner. Thank you. I wish that at our cemetery they were as professional and showed such compassion.

I didn't know this person but watching this is just so humbling and quite sad 😢

This is very educational and done very respectfully. I often wondered how this was done, and your video is very well done. Often some cemeteries do not give this level of compassion like you do.

That was very interesting thank you for showing that video

Back in Nov18,23 ! My only was placed in a Vault how sad ! I will never forget him! Life is precious!

I respect that he wiped the casket down to look its best before going into the ground. But he also wiped away all his/her family, friends hand prints if they touched them for the last time...

❤ RESPECT ❤

In as much as it’s probably a little creepy to think about your body decaying or being eaten by worms, and even though I know burials like this as well as cemeteries are purely for the families, it just has always seemed like an incredibly huge waste to put all of that in the ground. As well as to take up huge amounts of space with cemeteries. I’m only 45, but more and more it makes so much more sense to me to just be cremated and not have all of that waste and expense. Personally I think it would be kind of neat to take my ashes, and have my family over time spread them in the 4-5 places I loved most in the world. Not only would it give them excuses to take some trips, and connect those places with you, but having your ashes in those places very literally makes you become part of them. But taking an expensive coffin and vault, and just burying it in the ground only to take up space in a cemetery for centuries? Eh…I just don’t know that it makes any sense.

Very nicely made video. Thanks for posting this.

I've wondered how this was done. Thank you for showing us in a professional and respectful manner.

In the past several decades , it seems like the industry has attempted to steer the suvivors away from this most important process by not completing this step until everyone has slipped away .

It was definitely a very solemn moment seeing my dad lowered into the ground like this about four years ago from a distance. Job well done in making sure this family member was taken care to rest in eternity.

That was perfect thank you very much❤❤❤

I am 66 years old. The last time I stood and cried was watching the Funeral Directors lower my HS Football Coach into his final resting place. I was standing almost 200 feet away, but I could see it clearly.

wow hugs to all who pass away

The hard fact is when the truck on the highway goes by while (2:50) this wonderful man is being so respectful. Life won't stop for any of us although we wish it could. A compassionate respectful lowering. RIP

The respect you give is immeasurable and so appreciated, Thank You!!! 💥💥💥💥💥

Thank you for showing this . I have always wondered how the casket goes down but you can never see it when you're at the cemetery. You get kicked out during this part.Thank you for this information now I know a lot more.

Very professionally done. This gentleman is great at his job & caring so much for the departed. After my father passed away in January 2006, I wanted to stick around after the services to see how it was done. Now I know. Thank you for this video

Thank you for sharing this video. It was very educational. That young man was so thoughtful and caring. The company he works for is blessed to have such an asset amongst them. May God Always Bless him and his family 🙏🙏🙏

Thanks.

I’m getting cremated and saving my family $20,000 from this updated burial technique. I’ll give the $20,000 to my family rather than the funeral home director. Cheers!

Thank you

I want this man to handle my remains at Beechwood Cemetery in Durham, North Carolina when God calls me on to glory. Watching his videos, he handles the remains with lovely care. Some undertakers after every leaves the cemetery takes the casket and throw it over into the grave.🤣And, sometimes they take the nice casket and resale it putting the remains in a box. 😊

It is freaky that someday my body will be locked in a box and buried underground for centuries. Either that or being incinerated to powder in a cremation oven. The thoughts terrify me.

Thank you for your sevice

Thank you very informative 😢

You talk about, 'Clos phobic,' man! In 1985 I was in Cairo Egypt and went UP into a pyramid! I never knew how one gets up and down! Since then,’ I can't get on amusement park rides that closes one in!’

Trust me, they don’t dress like that when they lower the casket and do all that and if it’s the Wilbert Way, which this particular video is showing the person that is usually not alone

He even wiped the dust off the top of the casket, so much respect.

I live in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, burials are done differently. All family and friends stays in the cemetery until the burial is done with sealing. We see everything. After sealing, all the floral arrangements are put on top. Then visitors leaves. All burial plots are made of cement with different capacity of people who are buried. My family’s plot has for 6 (2 + 2 for the sides and 2 in the middle which adds to 6). Ones can buy for 1, 2, etc. if it’s a public cemetery, each family has to maintain it. Private cemeteries charges a maintenance fee for them to do. Family members are responsible in keeping all plots clean and painted. Well maintained. As the years goes by if the plot is needed, family members has to go to court to exhume remains. The remains will be moved to a small metal box with the name of deceased and buried together with recent deceased. They were charging $600.00 just to move remains aside from the burial cost of recent deceased. Don’t know now since prices has gone up.

God bless you.

Reminds me when I got to watch my last biological grandparent get lowered into the ground last year. I was glad I was able to observe as well.

Brings back some bad memories.

Well done vault man

Wilbert vault is awesome

What you choose Eternity? Is up to you. Heaven or Hell.

I respect people who can work in this field. It must be very difficult and emotionally draining. I think we need to get away from this custom, but that is just my personal opinion. This guy was so respectful and professional.❤

This guy was definitely not the vault guy! This man was very professional, however, definitely a polished video..

I'm so sorry for the family's loss 😢

I hope you get payed good money for doing this mate this is incredible work well done 👏 ✔️

My mom, brother and myself had dad buried in casket and it’s been 30 years since he passed and never knew the process it took to put someone in a vault then seal and lower them into the ground such as this kind gentleman has done. Now I know what was done for my father 30 years ago. Thank you for sharing this video 🌹

My husband worked in a cemetery in Oklahoma. An Indian man that passed from diabetes had to have his leg amputated They , my husband dug the grave. They forgot about is amputated leg and had to resume his casket or in the Indian beliefs , he wouldn’t go to heaven without it. When my husband dug the grave back up. His casket was full of water

This funeral director or whatever his title is……is FINE 🔥😆

Just had this done 4-21-24 our Mother

No wonder funerals cost $40k!