When you begin to organize final services with funeral homes in North Miami Beach, FL for a loved one who has passed away, you may run into some forks in the road. What did they want? What does your family want? What do you want for the person who passed on? Today, there are a lot of different service options and there are really no right or wrong answers. You have to do what you feel is best. In some cases, that might mean more than one final service. Here are some pros and cons of having a traditional funeral, then a celebration of life. Or, a memorial service, then a memorial service of a different kind.
Pro-More People Get What They Want
If some of your family members feel best about a funeral while others really want to celebrate a life well-lived, you can do both when you organize two services. Everyone can attend both or they can choose which service they feel suits their needs and the person who died. It’s hard to satisfy everyone in a family when opinions differ but having more than one service might help.
Con-More To Plan
If you are going to organize more than one service, that means more work for you. You might want to turn the details over to the funeral home and let those professionals implement plans for you. Or you might want family members to take a bigger role in the planning process, so you don’t have as much to do.
Pro-Less Virus Danger
Right now, it can be hard to decide how to do a final service of any kind because you don’t want those who are in poor health to be exposed to any virus dangers. In order to protect as many of your family as you can, you might consider more than one service. You can have a small, intimate service that is livestreamed and then you can have something larger later. Or you can allow every small family group to do whatever they want to memorialize your loved one in the way they feel best about.
Con-Not As Much Togetherness
If you are doing separate services and some people will attend one and others a different one, your family won’t have as much time together. That can be hard when you want the support you get from having everyone together. However, it might be safer during these strange times and it might help your loved ones to all get what they need.
When you are working with funeral homes in North Miami Beach, FL on final services, whether you are doing one or several, the professionals at Ferdinand Funeral Homes & Crematory are here to help. Give us a call and we can help you figure out what the best steps to take are for your loved one, your family, and the services you want to have for everyone involved. It can be hard to figure out, but having more than one service might work for you.
