In Memoriam: A Guide to Modern Funeral and Memorial Services

by Edward Searl

Practical and sensitive guide for planning memorial services. Includes advice for creating a unique and appropriate service to fit any circumstance. Offers material on writing obituaries, alternative settings, the rural cemetery movement, interment of ashes, cremation and selecting monuments and memorials. Plus sample services to be adapted or used as they are.

134 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1993

Reviews

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

'In Memoriam' provided some advice and samples when planning a secular service which proved very helpful for writing my father's funeral, an agnostic. It's okay to branch out from the religious order and provide a service worthy of applause and ending with a toast to a man who missed his calling as a comedian. This book gives the grieving permission to personally eulogize our loved ones for what they were, not what the church expected of them or promises to them.