Funeral Solemn

Life is something we all participate in even with the ups and downs but there comes a time in all our lives or those of our family or friends when funerals or even obituaries enter our thinking. According to many experts, funerals are an important part of the family and friends’ grieving process. For many people the funeral processes help greatly by providing them support through the mourning period, as they will be given time to remember, honor and affirm the departed family member or friend which is often hown in part through the obituaries.

Funerals are important because every person will have to deal with death at some point in their lives. Attending a funeral is as important both for the people attending the funeral to cope as it is for the family of the departed to receive support from other people. It is one of the limited ways of giving the last farewell to our loved ones, the deceased.

Writing a Funeral Poem

Do not stand on my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle Autumn rain.

When you awaken in the mornings hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there, I did not die.

--Anonymous--

The funeral program is usually written in a certain style, just as obituaries or even wedding cards are written in a certain style. The following need to be included on the funeral program card/booklet:

1. The name of the person who passed away and his/her date of birth and death

2. The coordinates of the funeral services (give date, time, complete address, and phone number of the place where the funeral service will take place)

3. A photograph of the person who passed away

4. A small eulogy about the person’s life

5. Often, family and friends would be asked to pay their tributes – in case you do so and have obtained their confirmation that they agreed for you to do so, and then put their eulogy along with the names in the funeral program as well. This is valid and much valued when these special people sing or play any instrument especially for the person who expired

6. A detailed timetable should be included which gives the time and place of each of the rites that make a funeral ceremony complete

7. Name the hymns that are to be sang and if possible mention the page number of the hymn book, so people can join in the singing easily

8. Information about sending of flowers and alternative donation information

9. If you are serving refreshments after the funeral ceremony, you may like to mention the same with time and location in a separate direction card and have a close friend(s) to distribute the same among those present at the funeral service

10. If you are providing transport, this too can be clearly mentioned in the direction card so people would make arrangements accordingly.

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