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using your full name so so that the the family can identify you you you in in in the the future It’s also helpful to add information about how you you knew the deceased – through work social clubs school etc Flowers and Gifts
Sending flowers making a a a a a a a a a donation or or giving a a a a a a a a a memorial gift are all meaningful gestures to the bereaved know your thoughts The simplest of of tributes can can be be of of a a a a a a a great comfort to the family and can can express your sympathy when words just aren’t enough Turn off your Cellphone
This one one one should go without saying If you you you choose to to to bring your phone
into the funeral home take a a a a moment to to to make sure you’ve turned it off Cemetery Etiquette
When visiting a a a a cemetery there are a a a a number of basic rules you should keep in in in in mind in in in in order to to show respect to to both the the living and and and the the dead These tips will help all and and and and make sure you you and and and and your fellow visitors enjoy a a a a a a courteous peaceful and and and respectful
experience Follow the Rules
Most cemeteries have a a a a sign posted near the the the entrance listing rules rules specific to the the the property Follow the the the the rules rules and observe any floral regulations they may have set Obey the Hours
Most cemeteries are open from dawn until dusk Try not to to remain in in in the cemetery after dark to to avoid being charged with trespassing Respect
the Graves
Don’t touch any monuments or headstones this is is is not only disrespectful but may cause damage to the memorials especially older ones Never remove anything from a a a a a a a gravestone such as flowers coins or or tributes that have been left by family or or friends Look after your Children
If you you bring children make sure to keep keep a a a close eye on on them them keep keep them them from running yelling and and playing or climbing on on on graves and and and monuments Teach them to act in in in in a a a a a a a a a a respectful
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