Cost-Effective Cremation Service Options

There are two paths you can take when you have a loved one pass on, but if you choose cremation services in Chaska, MN, you have a lot of other options you can include. Cremation itself is a lot more cost-effective than a funeral because it has fewer products and services involved in the process. But you might want to add to the initial savings with other cost-effective options. Honoring a loved one doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg in order to be special. Here are some things you might do to make the event memorable.

While it’s not necessary, you can offer a gift to the guests who attend your loved one’s memorial services to help them remember your loved one and the event as a whole. If your loved one liked to garden, for example, you might give everyone a packet of seeds that they can plant. As those flowers, vegetables, or other items grow, they will think about your loved one and the joy they always got from having their fingers in the dirt.

Many cremation services have memorial tables and you might want to do something like that for your loved one. If they always wore jewelry, or perhaps pins on their shirts or jacket, you can display their favorite items on that table. People might have memories that arise based on something your loved one wore a lot and that can help them to smile as they think about those special times.

Memorial services can be anything you want them to be. You can have something traditional that feels like a funeral, but you can also do something simple, like gathering your family at home for dinner and listening to your loved one’s favorite songs. You can put the Beatles on and enjoy the memory of your loved one singing along to every song, every time they heard one. You can make a playlist based on the most-played songs on their iPod. Songs have a way of bringing emotions to the forefront and they can make the event feel that much more special.

Many families use their loved one’s obituary as a way to get their wishes across to the people who will attend the services. You might want everyone to bring canned food, for example, to support a local food pantry in your loved one’s honor. Or, at the service, you can ask for people to make donations to an area charity in your loved one’s honor or even to spend time volunteering to fill a void your loved one has left at a non-profit.

You can honor your loved one through cremation services in Chaska, MN in so many ways, there is no way to cover all of the options. But once the professionals at Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation get to know you and your family, we can offer you specific ideas and options that might suit your loved one nicely.