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Cremation Service Attendance Rules

November 16, 2020 • Teri Vila-Caballero

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If you are invited to cremation services in North Miami Beach, FL, you might think that it is the same thing as attending a funeral. In some cases, memorial services do feel a lot like funerals. But there are also many different types of memorial services. While there are no hard and fast, written rules, these general rules can help you fit in, show respect, and appreciate the service for what it is.

Rule 1: Find Out What You’re In For

If you can, it’s nice to know what kind of service you’re walking into. You don’t want to go to a celebration of life dressed all in black and you don’t want to wear a Hawaiian shirt to a more formal memorial service. The obituary might tell you what type of service is happening, but you can also find out from the family or from the funeral home hosting the event.

Rule 2: No Phones

No matter what kind of event you are attending, it’s important for you to be fully present at the service. That means leaving your phone in the car, turning it off, or at the very least, putting it on vibrate and ignoring anything that comes in. This is just a sign of respect to the family and the person who passed on. You don’t like it when people check phones around you when you are talking to them about something important. This service is at the height of importance.

Rule 3: Respect The Family’s Wishes

Whatever the family has secremation services in North Miami Beach, FLt up for their loved one is what they feel is best and it’s what they want. You need to go along with their wishes no matter what you think. If they are having a formal memorial service and you’d rather celebrate your friend’s life, you can do that at another time, not at the memorial. Go along with the songs, the readings, and anything else that is happening out of respect for the family and the person who passed on, who would not want disruptions, either.

Rule 4: Time Things Well

You don’t want to show up at an event late or you might disrupt the people involved. You also don’t want to approach the family with your condolences at the wrong time. Try to time things well so you act in a respectful manner at all times, both with your arrival, your condolences, and everything else.

If you are about to attend cremation services in North Miami Beach, FL, these general rules can help you feel better about what you are going to walk in on. If you need more help figuring out what to say, what to do, how to act, what to bring, or what to wear, the professionals at Ferdinand Funeral Homes & Crematory are here to help you. We want to help people with final services, but we also want to support those around them who want to hold them up through the hard times. We’re here for you if you have questions and need answers.

Teri Vila-Caballero

Teri Vila-Caballero

Teri Vila-Caballero is the Pre Need Director at Ferdinand Funeral Homes & Crematory. She joined the team in 2012 to fulfill her calling to serve our community.

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