Celebrations of Life Trends
Celebrations of Life in 2014 create less formal, more personalized celebrations that reflect an individual’s personality. The newest trends offer an alternative to traditional funeral and memorial services. This allows us to uniquely honor and celebrate a life well lived. Technology today, has an increasingly large impact on our lives - and our deaths – more so than ever before.
About 25% of Adults who plan their own funerals review options, providers and services online.
End of Life Celebrations are preferred by 54% of adults for a Celebratory Send-Off over a church service.
Almost half (48%) want their Funeral to include their Favorite Music, Sports Themes, Hobbies, Foods or other values.
Personalization – incorporating a special Theme, Favorite color or Sports Team, are just a few ways to create an event that reflects the values and personality of your loved one.
Internet-based Trends:
Online Notifications about a loved one’s death can be sent to family and friends.
Webcasting – you can now view a loved one’s Funeral or Memorial Service online using a secure access code.
Electronic Guest Books to learn about Funeral Services and express Digital Condolences from anywhere in the world.
Memorial websites enable family and friends to post pictures, videos and share personal stories about their deceased loved one.
A discreet, tasteful recording can be preserved as a keepsake.
Environmentally Friendly Trends:
The Green Burial Council, a nonprofit organization working to encourage environmentally sustainable death care, offers a list of certified green funeral and burial providers, products and services at: www.greenburialcouncil.org Green burial Options to the traditional in-ground burial process. For example, a “natural burial”, is where a loved one’s body is wrapped in a shroud or placed in a biodegradable casket so that they can decompose naturally.
“Eternal Reefs”, transforms a deceased loved one’s remains into a concrete structure that is placed under the sea to help restore damaged coral reefs.
Eternal Preservation Trends:
Cryonics, where a loved one’s body is frozen to be reanimated later when technology discovers a way to do so. Several hundred people have chosen Cryonics storage in the US. More than 1,500 people in the US have chosen modern mummification as an option to traditional funeral and burial rites.
“LifeGems”, can transform a loved one’s remains into a family heirloom. They compact the carbon-based remains so tightly they transform into high-quality diamonds that serve as a permanent unique memorial.
High-Tech Trends:
“CataCombo”, offers a casket with built in speakers and a highly technical sound system, including programmable playlists that can serenade a deceased loved one.
“Living Headstones”, loads a detailed memorial of the deceased onto a computer chip, sits it into a headstone, which can be accessed from anywhere with a smart phone.
Whether you choose to become part of a reef that nurtures ocean life, or to shine throughout eternity as a diamond or a shooting star, these 2014 funeral trends offer creative alternatives to traditional funeral and burial services – those who want more personal Funeral or Memorial Service options are boosting pre-need sales for funeral insurance to help pay in advance for the ceremony, casket, urn, burial plot and other products and services.
Busch Funeral and Crematory Services now offers all encompassing planning and venue options, including Funeral Home, Crematorium, Cemetery, Mausoleum, Church, Viewing Room, and even a venue for Celebrations of Life – all at one location. Like change, death is inevitable. But with the many options available today to pre-pay and plan ahead, you can now create a more personal celebration to honor a life well-lived.
For further details our caring and professional staff will answer any of your questions at 1-800-252-8724 or email caring@buschcares.com
Excerpted from: Passare.com
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