The death of a loved one makes you want to do all the best you can just to honor their memory. Here are a few tips to help you with the planning process.

When someone you love passes away, you want to do your best to honor their memory in any way you can. That might mean getting cremation in Skokie, IL to suit their wishes. However, just because you’re going with cremation doesn’t mean you can’t plan a memorial service to go along with the cremation. You want your loved ones to be able to say goodbye and to remember your loved one’s life. You also want the memorial service to be perfect in as many ways as possible. Here are a few tips to help you with the planning process:

Tip 1: Know What Your Loved One Appreciated

While you probably didn’t sit around and talk about funeral services with your loved one very often, you probably knew them well enough to know their likes and dislikes. Are they the type of person who liked simple things or did they like to go all out with events? Their personality will help guide you in the right direction for the memorial service. You want it to be something they would appreciate if they were there.

Tip 2: Know What Your Family Needs

Different people need different things to grieve and move on. Does your family need a more traditional memorial service in a church or funeral home or would they be happy with a memorial in a park or in someone’s home? If you’re not sure, talk to close family members and include them on some of the more important decisions.

Tip 3: Go Easy On Yourself

You’re going through a difficult time yourself and it’s hard to grieve and plan services all at the same time. Treat yourself kindly and understand that there’s really no such thing as a perfect service or a perfect anything. You’re doing the best you can under the circumstances and it’s okay if not everything lines up just the way it should.

Tip 4: Enlist Help

You shouldn’t have the entire planning burden on your shoulders and it’s perfectly fine to ask others for help. You’re contacting a crematory about the cremation process, why not include others with different parts of the memorial service? If you’re going to have a meal after, for example, ask another family member to organize who brings what. If you want a picture board present to honor your loved one, have someone who loves scrapbooking put that together. You may be the point person for the final service, but you can delegate to your heart’s content and get the help you need.

Chicagoland Cremation Options is here to help you with any part of the cremation process in Skokie, IL . Give us a call at (773) 631-0018  to ask questions and see what our options are. We can help you get the paperwork in order, carry out the process, and arrange memorial services. We’re here for anything you need and we’ll treat your loved one with the utmost respect the whole way through. You’re welcome to stop by and see us as well at 9329 Byron St. Schiller Park, IL 60176.