| When planning arrangements for a funeral it is a | | | | many directors did not place great importance on |
| good idea to implement a memorial keepsake of | | | | having programs at the funeral. The professional |
| the decease. Each person who attends the funeral | | | | services rendered by the funeral director and |
| looks forward to receiving an obituary program. It | | | | casket cost will deplete any ones budget. This |
| tells the story of the life once lived and provides | | | | creates a minimizing effect for any other |
| historical and genealogy information of the | | | | specialty services or keepsakes. |
| decease. | | | | The obituary program is vitally important as it |
| The reason the funeral program is the number #1 | | | | contains real world data that can be used for |
| funeral keepsake is its cost effectiveness. On | | | | genealogy and historical purposes. I can remember |
| average you can provide each guest a program | | | | attending my family reunion in Ohio one year. As |
| for under dollar. In fact, you can reduce that cost | | | | the family was gathering for one of the schedule |
| by printing a larger quantity as printing cost is | | | | events, they began talking about my |
| determined on a sliding scale. The more you print | | | | great-great-great grandfather. I had never seen |
| the less you pay. The less you print the more | | | | him or knew what he looked liked. I was curious |
| you pay. | | | | to see where my dad had got his looks from. To |
| There are many memorial keepsake gifts that | | | | my amazement one of my aunts had a funeral |
| can be provided at the funeral but none as cost | | | | program with his photo on it that she had saved |
| effective as the funeral program. Another reason | | | | for many years. The publication was dated back |
| this is an effective keepsake for the funeral is the | | | | to 1926. Apparently the printed publication had |
| obituary. The obituary is the life story of the | | | | been passed down through the family for years. |
| decease. Everyone who attends the funeral | | | | As a result, I was able to see my |
| wants a copy of the funeral program for this | | | | great-great-great grand father and read the |
| reason. It allows the reader an opportunity to | | | | family lineage. There are many choices available |
| read the official obituary at a later date. | | | | for a memorial keepsake. However, there is only |
| In my professional career I worked as a full color | | | | one keepsake that is a true staple in the funeral |
| digital Printer, printing obituaries for funeral homes. | | | | industry, the funeral program. |
| After working with hundreds of funeral homes | | | | |