How many of you would like pictures of your loved one's life on their casket at the wake, funeral, gravesite?

Question

Pictures would be chosen by the family from photo albums or videos

Answer 1

Not on the casket, but on a board near it--at the church/funeral home only.

Answer 2

I have lost a number of loved ones; each time I have chosen to celebrate the life of that person, rather than say an empty good-by. One really excellent way to do this is to create a Memory Board, a collage of people, events, and things my loved one particularly loved. It is so very comforting, long after the service is over. I have also found it helpful to have the service tape-recorded for future replay at certain anniversaries. I also insured that the pastor knew the things that needed to be said before he wrote his eulogy: they are really very grateful for this if they didn't know the person very well.

Answer 3

I have seen this many times, and it is an excellent tribute to a person who has passed away. Maybe some of the mourners have not seen the deceased for awhile - the Memory Board allows them to catch up on what happened in that person's life during different times. You get to find out things that you did not know, and it includes the family and friends as important fabrics in the life of that person.

One time, a beautiful, lovely man passed away after having suffered from Alzheimer's Disease for a number of years. He had been reduced to being bedridden, did not speak anymore and was completely helpless. This is the condition that his family had to deal for the last years of his life. When he passed away, the family got together and assembled pictures from over the course of his life - they all said what a fabulous experience it was. They got to relive fond memories, and learn some things about him themselves. His daughter said that she got her dad back through that process - he was no longer the shell of the man who they saw at the end of his life - but a man who had lived a full, rich, wonderful life and the Memory Board helped to reclaim that man, and to proclaim it to all who came to honor his memory.

It's a beautiful, loving gesture that takes in the entire life of the person who has passed on. It's a beautiful way to pay tribute and to honor their memory.

Answer 4

I wouldn't put it on the casket. We usually do pictures out by the door where people sign the book, I think it's nice to see the person in pictures where they were happy.

Answer 5

Yeah, I would and I want to be buried with them. When my husband died, aside from his watch, and radio, I included a picture of the family. I know these are only material possessions but human nature is materialistic.

Answer 6

my ex did this with my sons head stone i didnt want him too because they did it with my grandmother and father and it hurts so much to see them like that.