Personalizing Your Loved One’s Memorial Service

As providers of cremation services in Farmers Branch, TX, we often get asked how to make a loved one’s memorial service unique and personal to them. While these services all tend to follow a standard order of service, there are several ways you can add a unique touch to them. Today we are going to talk about some of the main ways you can customize your loved one’s memorial service.

Create a Personal Memorial Tribute Video

A very common element you will see in a lot of services is a tribute video being played. These videos typically show a slideshow of photographs of the loved one and their life with a nice background music track playing.

This is a perfect opportunity to truly make this video special and personal to your loved one. By selecting photographs that express their personality, hobbies, and passions, you can let guests see more of your loved one that just the standard portrait photos. You could even include video clips that are from favorite times.

And when it comes to the background music, instead of selecting a general track, select something your loved one would have listened to. This could be a certain song, a song from a certain band, or even a type of music.

Create a One-of-a-Kind Display Table

Along the same lines as the video is a display table. Rather than a video, this is a still display and can include things that showcase their life and personality such as:

• Favorite photographs
• Awards, trophies, or other achievements
• Personal items they enjoyed such as a musical instrument, skateboard, sewing supplies, etc.
• Military honors
• Favorite books

Bring in Your Loved One’s Favorite Colors

If your loved one had a favorite color or color combination, consider using that as a theme throughout the service. You could have guests incorporate the color in their clothing, or use the color in things such as flowers, décor, or even in the memorial program pamphlet.

Play Your Loved One’s Favorite Music

Most services have several times when music is played. This could be in the beginning before the service gets started as the guests arrive, or even in the middle of the service when time is taken to play a specific song. Use these opportunities to play something your loved one would have wanted.

Consider Creating a Themed Service

To make a truly unique and personal memorial service, you could consider having an overall theme for the entire event. For example, if your loved one was an avid sports fan, you could use sports décor and colors throughout the service. Perhaps the loved to travel and were always visiting exotic places. You could use some of the places as inspiration for the décor, food, etc. Think about what your loved one adored and build a theme around that.

As providers of cremation services in Farmers Branch, TX. We understand that you want your loved one’s service to be unique and personal to them and we are here to help create your ideal service to honor and pay tribute to them.