Where have we been…
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
… and where are we headed.
We have been busy here at Memorial Funeral Homes over the last several months exploring many of the new choices available in funeral service. What is it that a family would choose? There are many families in our community that have a connection with their local church, and adhere to their church’s practices for funeral ceremonies. What we have also learned is there are many families out there who are creating their own, new, traditions. We have heard many different requests, and we want to be able to help every family, with every request.
Our peers in funeral service have shared this experience, and we are hearing about many different ideas, including
Green funerals, can be too broad, but to think of it as- how the choices we make as a funeral home and a family for certain funeral services may impact the environment. New choices are becoming available with green cemeteries, new embalming techniques, and biodegradable materials for burial and cremation scattering
Cremation, and the many options it can provide
Memorialization, or memorial tributes. It’s no longer just picking out a headstone or monument, but keepsake jewelry, engraved picture frames, garden monuments, and even gems made from the cremated remains
Technology, webcasting funeral services, online memorials, and creating a community online for grief support
We hope in the coming months, we will explore many of these ideas in greater detail, to learn together with the families we serve, which ideas are fads, and which will become integral to the funeral services of tommorrow. Look for future posts in the About… category of this blog for more.
Kurt