Three Things You Should Do To Make The Funerals More Personalized By Michael Scarpaci

Nowadays funerals are more than traditional ceremonies. Unlike the past, funerals are not just not the ceremony that are “expected” to be held when someone passes away. Funerals are actually the ceremonies to celebrate the deceased’s life. The friends and family come together to remember the deceased and heal through the process of grief. Michael Scarpaci, manager at Scarpaci funeral homes in Staten Island and Brooklyn, advises the mourners to help each other to heal and opt for a personalized funeral.

If you are an individual who wants to preplan a funeral or you want to give your loved one a personalized funeral, there are a few things that you should know about planning one:

• Thoughtful Refreshments:- One way to personalize a funeral is to provide the refreshment that deceased loved. You can opt to serve the departed loved one’s favorite food or the food or drink items that signify their culture and their life. Serving such specific food or drinks makes the people remember the special time they spent with the deceased.

• Remembrance gifts:- As humans, we accumulate a lot of special things. Another thing you can do to personalize the funeral is to share the special things with their loved one. You can opt to share their collections or their favorite Christmas ornaments. Every gift is meaningful especially when you share it with the loved ones.  

• Remembrance book:- One thing that majority of people do in funerals is create a Remembrance books. The book can be online or offline. Creating a book with your loved one’s milestones and memories will result in a beautiful book with shred and loved experiences. Friends and family can also write about memories and how the deceased changed their life. The remembrance book also helps the family to move on from the grief and heal.

Along with the above mentioned three ways, there are also numerous other ways to personalise the funerals. If you are thinking of pre planning your funerals, you can talk to the funeral director and write down any particular things you want at your funeral. Remember, funeral is the time to remember the loved ones and the life they lived.