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