Why Should You Hold a Funeral Service?

Michael Bernardo • August 17, 2020

If you’ve recently had a death in the family, you and your family will have to plan final services with a funeral home in Glenwood Springs, CO. There will be lots of decisions to make to arrange a fitting final send-off for a deceased loved one, but it will all be worth it in the end. The reason is that funeral services are beneficial in some important ways – some of which you may not have fully appreciated or even realized in the past. So as you make arrangements for a funeral or cremation, consider the following reasons why funeral services are worth having.

Pay Respect

One of the reasons funeral services are so important is that they provide the opportunity for you, your family, and friends of the deceased to pay their last respects. It’s about showing, through attendance, that the deceased had a positive impact on others. Everyone is important and deserves to be remembered and to be honored both when they are living and after they have passes away, so a funeral service provides a way to give the deceased a final send-off.

Grieve as a Group

No two people grieve alike or for the same length of time, but you can be sure that everyone will grieve the loss of someone they love. While it’s important to grieve individually, however, it’s also important to grieve in a corporate gathering, in a group of like-minded individuals. When you, your family, and others gather for the funeral service, you will be able to comfort each other and to receive comfort from each other. It will be an important part of the grieving and healing process. It will also demonstrate to younger family members that it’s okay to grieve and what grieving entails.

Honor Tradition

Unless your family has usually planned cremation services , chances are that funeral services are a family tradition. Following traditions that are meaningful and that bring encouragement during trying times can help to bring families closer together.

It’s What Deceased Wanted

Did your deceased loved one say before their passing that they wanted a funeral service? Did they preplan their funeral service or just let someone know that’s what they wanted? If you know that a funeral service would have been important to them, then that’s a pretty good reason to hold such an event in their honor. It’s the sort of event that will honor the deceased and be a blessing to those left behind.

If you’re looking to plan final services with a funeral home in Glenwood Springs, CO, the professionals at Brown’s Cremation & Funeral Service are here to help you in any way you require. You can reach us by phone, in person, or online at Brown Mortuary. Our website is the perfect place to plan or preplan if you’d like that level of convenience. We can also schedule a consultation at our office should you prefer a face-to-face meeting with our funeral director. We’re personally available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer your questions and to meet your needs. Let us know what we can do to be of service.

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