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Memorial or Tribute with family and friends may be your
Service preference. Maybe it’s a combination
of both. You can have one service, or
At a memorial or tribute service, a several, to honor your life.
casket or urn is usually not present. Regardless of the service or services
Otherwise similar to a funeral or you choose to include in your funeral
visitation, a memorial service gives plan, you can personalize them in
family and friends a time to come almost any way imaginable. For
together in your memory and celebrate example, just consider the following
your life. questions:
• Where should the funeral be held?
Graveside Service
At your place of worship? At the
As its name implies, a graveside funeral home?
service may be held at the grave site • Who should officiate the service?
just prior to burial of a casket or urn, • Will your service adhere to the
and usually consists of final remarks, traditions of your faith or culture?
prayers or memories. The service may • Do you want a eulogy, and who
occur after or in place of a funeral should deliver it?
service. • Would you like an open or closed
There’s no one, right way to plan a casket?
funeral service, we believe that each • What music should be played?
funeral should be as unique and • What readings would you like to
memorable as the life it honors. have?
When planning your own funeral • Is there a special poem you’d like
service in advance, think about the shared with the guests?
way you want to be remembered. • Are there any special photographs
Perhaps you’d like a traditional or other memorabilia you would
funeral aligned with certain religious like displayed?
or ethnic customs. Or, a celebration • Should the décor reflect a particular
focusing on great memories made hobby or interest of yours, such as
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