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FUNERAL ETIQUETTE
DO the following: Sign the condolence book – The
Express your condolences - It’s not family will keep the condolence
easy to come up with the words to book as a memento for years. Be
offer sympathy to someone who sure to include your full name and
has just lost a loved one. You don’t your address.
need to be a poet, simply saying
something like “I am sorry for your Give a gift – You don’t need to go
loss, my thoughts and prayers are overboard with your gift, after all it
with you and your family” is enough. is the thought that counts. Suitable
If you can’t be at a funeral service gifts include; flowers, a donation to
in person, sending a card or leaving the charity of the family’s choice,
a message on a memorial website or you can make a commitment
is a perfect way to express your of service to the family at a later
sympathy. date. A commitment of service can
be something as little as cooking
Dress appropriately – For family them dinner, or offering to clean up
members, gone are the days of their house. Make sure you provide
dressing up in all black for a funeral, a signed card so the family knows
but overly casual isn’t exactly who gave the gift.
acceptable either. You should still
dress appropriately. Wearing what Keep in Touch: You may feel that
you would wear to a formal event the family needs their space and
would be the most appropriate. In time to grieve, but a simple phone
some cases there may have been a call or note after the funeral lets the
request from the deceased to wear family know you care. With social
bright colours or less formal attire. networking leaving a quick note
is as simple as a click of a mouse.
The months after a death are when
grieving friends and family need the
most support.
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