Ways to Memorialize

• Special songs or music (cluding ones written of the person, such as the one Elton John wrote in honor of Princess Diana)
  
• Favorite scripture readings
  
• A Eulogy
  
• Specialized prayer cards and memorial folders and Obituaries
  
• Pictures
  
• Mementos (from early times a belief in a life after death dictated that the dead be buried with material goods to ensure well being for eternity)
  
• Letters expressing feelings and thoughts
  
• Candlelight ceremonies
  
• Community dedications (including, but not limited to, tree plantings, placing of plagues, donations of books to libraries, etc.)
  
• Passing on of personal items or mementos
  
• Inscriptions on tombstones as well as the tombstone itself
  
• Eternal lights
  
• Monetary donations in remembrance (including scholarships and donations to religious and fraternal organizations)

Working in conjunction with the funeral director, the family is able to plan a ritual, which reflects their own beliefs. The funeral director is the coordinator of the ritual of memorialization and has the capability to draw on the necessary and numerous resources available to accomplish this final tribute.

The language of love has many voices and should be expressed openly.

Funeral rituals are a somber rite of passage that reflects social and religious values concerning the nature of the individual and the meaning of life.

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as a complimentary service to our community.