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Post by wendifful on Apr 7, 2019 5:56:07 GMT
Hi Peas, unfortunately my grandfather passed away on Wednesday after battling cancer. We're having a memorial service for him in a few weeks (he's being cremated, so we have some time) and I was trying to think if there was something special I could do with my memory keeping skills for his memorial. This past Christmas, I made a Shutterfly photo book for him and my grandmother with pictures of them and the grandchildren when we were kids. I don't know if my parents will want to bring that to the service for people to look at. Nothing else is really coming to mind for me but I thought I'd throw it out there to see if anyone has done anything that they felt added significance to a memorial service. Thank you!
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msliz
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Post by msliz on Apr 7, 2019 12:19:49 GMT
I'm sorry for your loss.
Many of the funeral homes I've been to recently have had a tv screen set up for the viewing of photos of the deceased. The only thing you would have to do is to submit your photos in a digital format.
It's nice because everyone can sit (especially important to older mourners.)
I would inquire as to whether they're set up for that.
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 7, 2019 12:34:03 GMT
We have also purchased foam core poster boards and placed photos on them. I made titles with my Cricut for my FIL's service. We had separate boards titled children, grandchildren, and friends.
I am so sorry for your loss. Grandparents can be such a special part of our lives.
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Post by quietgirl on Apr 7, 2019 17:24:57 GMT
I'm really sorry for your loss
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Post by lindamh on Apr 7, 2019 22:51:12 GMT
I'm sorry for your loss. I'd like to second the idea of checking with the funeral home to see if they have a set up for viewing photos on a monitor of some sort. When my mom passed 5 years ago the funeral home we used had this and it was very much appreciated by the visitors. I'd imagine this has become more common over the past few years.
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Post by wendifful on Apr 8, 2019 0:20:20 GMT
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Post by myboysnme on Apr 8, 2019 10:50:30 GMT
I have done a big trifold board of my dad's life starting as a baby through to the last photo I had. I wrote on it where, when, who for people to follow. At my grandfather's we had the photo book of his life I had done for him. My cousin had a slide show on a computer screen.
I would love to have all of these things, especially photo slide show on a screen and the trifold board of photos.
At my MIL and stepdad's funerals there were memory boards but the photos were like a collage, randomly placed. I like a more organized board but anything is good. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 8, 2019 12:55:37 GMT
We have also purchased foam core poster boards and placed photos on them. I made titles with my Cricut for my FIL's service. We had separate boards titled children, grandchildren, and friends. I am so sorry for your loss. Grandparents can be such a special part of our lives. This is what I’ve done too. I cut the titles from wall vinyl and that worked out well because they were all uniform and they looked very professional. BFF’s sister and BIL put together the slide show with music after I scanned all the old photos they wanted to use. I’m so sorry for your family’s loss.  |
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Post by oliquig on Apr 8, 2019 19:16:02 GMT
I did the same for my mother's funeral, a memory board. Foam core covered in patterned paper, cardstock, and photos.
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