Hi everyone, my name is AnaMae Merton. I recently lost my birth parents during a heavy storm. Their deaths left me reeling, though we were not very close. Furthermore, I was the only surviving kin, so it was my job to arrange the funerals for both of them. The funeral arrangement process was incredibly difficult without knowing much about their personalities or passions. I struggled to find the best songs, outfits, caskets, burial sites and flowers. Luckily, the funeral director helped me identify suitable options for my birth parents' funerals. I hope to help people understand all of the different funeral arrangement options available today. Please visit my site anytime to learn more.
-
The Role of Funeral Homes in Easing the Passing of Loved Ones 13 October 2023
-
You Must Answer These Two Burial Questions 27 October 2022
-
3 Benefits To Choosing Cremation Over Burial 11 August 2022
Learning All About Funeral Arrangement Options
Practical Tips To Make Your Funeral Memorial Meaningful And Affordable
Christine Fleming
You want your final arrangements to reflect the type of person that you were. However, you also may not want to spend tens of thousands of dollars holding an elaborate service. Instead, you may prefer something simple yet tasteful.
To ensure that your service is held to your preferences, you can lay out the plans with a reputable funeral home where you live. You can utilize several practical strategies to make your funeral memorial meaningful and cost-effective.
Opt for Cremation
When you want to keep your funeral memorial as low-cost as possible, you can opt for cremation. Cremation costs a fraction of the price that it costs to buried in a casket and vault. You can pay thousands of dollars less for your funeral memorial by opting to be cremated instead of buried.
Even if you are cremated, however, you can still plan out a meaningful funeral memorial. You can opt to have your cremains present at the service. You can also choose to have your ashes scattered and instead have a picture of you at the service for people to remember you by.
Forgo a Visitation
Another way to make your funeral memorial special yet affordable involves forgoing the typical wake or visitation that precedes most traditional services. When you have your services held at a funeral home, you must pay for the use of the room, as well as the staff's time. These costs can add up to hundreds of dollars that increase the price of your final arrangements.
To trim some money off of your final bill, you can forgo having a wake or visitation held. You can instead have the funeral home hold a brief service for you on the day of your funeral. By only reserving the use of the facility for one day, you can avoid spending hundreds of dollars on a preceding visitation.
Finally, you can avoid paying a lot of money for your funeral memorial by having your services held at the funeral parlor rather than a church. The funeral home charges for the transport of your remains to and from places like a church. You can save that money by having your service held at the actual funeral home.
These tips can trim money from what you ultimately pay for your funeral memorial. They still allow your services to be special and meaningful. However, they also save you cash.
To learn more about your funeral memorial options, contact a funeral home.
Share