Express your final farewells
THE passing of a loved one is a difficult time for anyone to endure. You can express your lasting farewell by presenting a personal tribute of your loved one with a Memorial Card. Many family and friends safeguard Memorial Cards for many years as a remembrance of their loved ones.
Companies specialising in this service will offer a variety of religious or perhaps even non denominational options. Samples will often arrive in your post box following the announcement of a death in the newspaper; many companies also have websites where you can view a large selection.
Memorial cards can be personalised and some of the newer companies now offer a card more specific to the person where they can include their own verses, photographs of the person’s home or scenic vistas.
A memorial card is usually created and distributed to others approximately three eight months following the passing of a loved one; however this is entirely at the family’s discretion. An Acknowledgement Card is often sent along with the memorial card generally to those who have sent on Mass Cards or sympathy cards or who aided or participated in the arrangements. Immortalise your loved one for eternity Headstones service as an eternal memorial to your loved one surviving on into the future for generations.
There is a huge selection of headstones to choose from in all shapes and sizes in a variety of mediums from granite to marble to bronze to limestone and much more. Sculptures, religious deities, open books, Celtic crosses, hearts, winged angels... the choice is endless. Technology has also evolved to allow personal touches such as the superimposing of an image of the deceased on the headstone itself.
Headstone sculptors are talented individuals who will realise your vision incorporating the design into the finished product .If you have specific ideas you may purchase your headstone in advance or as a family, following the passing of a loved one, you may come together to immortalise and commemorate the final resting place of your loved one.
Headstones are normally erected six months following the internment of a loved one; if the person has been cremated, this period can be shorter.