Tips to Customize Memorial Service

After a direct cremation for your deceased family member, a nice follow-up would be a memorial service to commemorate the person's life. It will provide a time for healing, fellowship and celebration after a more sobering body disposition process. If you’re looking at how to customize a memorial service after the New Prague, MN cremation, here are some tips. 

Memory Table

You can really have a lot of fun with this idea. Basically, it will involve setting up a table somewhere at the memorial site. What will the table contain? Things pertaining to the deceased that showcase who the person was, what his or her interests were and more should be put on the table. So, you can include the person's favorite leather jacket, pictures of the person, personal letters, a favorite CD and other things. People who visit the memory table -- or tables, if you have a lot of things to put on display -- will take a trip down memory lane. The good thing about putting together a memory table is that it needn't cost you a penny. The reason is that just about everything that you'll need to put on the memory table will be found at the deceased person's own home. Just visit and take some things to put on the memory table. 

Tribute Video 

Putting together a tribute video is another way that you can make the memorial service one to remember. You can include pictures, video clips and music. Allowing people to see pictures of the decease while he or she was alive can showcase his or her personality, interests and hobbies, landmark life events like marriage and birth of children, and much more. If you have audio and video clips of the person, you can include them to add another layer of depth. And don’t forget to include music since a soundtrack can help to convey the message you want. You can perhaps burn copies of the tribute video for memorial attendees to take home with them. 

Decorate 

Another way you can individualize the memorial is through decoration. You might have a theme that you’re going for or maybe you simply want to decorate in a way that commemorates the deceased. You can, for instance, decorate using the deceased’s favorite color. If the deceased was a sports fan, perhaps you can hang up some sports team jerseys or some posters depicting some of your relative’s favorite players. Basically, the sky’s the limit in terms of how you can decorate. And the great thing is that it doesn’t have to cost you much -- if anything. 

After cremation in New Prague, MN, don’t forget to host a memorial service to honor the deceased and to provide an opportunity for the living mourners to heal. At Scott County Cremation, we have experience helping people just like you during one of life’s most trying periods. Call us at (952) 402-9000 or visit us at 833 Marschall Rd Shakopee, MN 55379 for a free consultation with one of our professionals. We’re here when you need us.