Taking On Post-Cremation Service Tasks

When you plan cremation services in Middletown, IN for a loved one who has passed away, it’s important to get everything in order before you have the memorial service. That’s a task in and of itself. But once the services are over, there may be other tasks you will need to take on. As the person who planned the services, you may be in charge or wrapping things up as well. However, you may also want to ask others to help you with some of the duties. Here are some of the things that might need to get done.

Flower Donation

Many memorial services have flowers present. People will send flowers to the service and to the family in honor of the person who passed on. After the services are over, there might be too many flowers for family to take home with them. They may take a few, but the leftovers need a new home as well. You could designate a family member to take care of the flower donations. They could take the rest of the flowers to a nursing home or hospital or they could donate the flowers to a church for their services that week. There are plenty of options for flower donation and if you have someone else do it, it won’t be any further burden on you.

Charitable Donations

Another thing people often do when someone passes away is send money to the family for donations in the loved one’s honor and name. Once you collect those donations, you will then decide where they go, and you will want to make that donation. You could combine the cash and checks and then write just one check to the charity of your choice to make it easier. It can go in your loved one’s name to honor their memory.

Thank You Cards

You will see a lot of people in your life step up to the plate to do things for you, your family, and the services that are being held. IT’s important to thank them once the services are behind you. Keep a running list of the gifts that are sent, and the things people are doing to make it simple to write those thank you notes later. It can feel overwhelming to write them all, but you don’t have to do them all in one sitting. Just do a few at a time and keep them on your radar until you have completed and sent them all.

When you are working on cremation services in Middletown, IN, you have your eye on getting through the services. But once they are complete, there might be other tasks you need to take on in order to get through everything. The professionals at Loose Funeral Homes & Crematory can help point out tasks that might be necessary after the cremation is over and the memorial is behind you. We won’t’ disappear, but will continue to help you through this difficult period in your life to make it as simple as possible.