Honor, remember loved ones through memorialization
Courtesy Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
One of the most important services Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries has provided New Orleans-area families since it opened its doors in 1979 is helping people honor and remember the loved ones they have lost.
“The vast majority of the families we serve express that they want some kind of funeral service and an enduring place of memorialization to pay tribute to their loved ones,” explains Senior Sales Executive Joe Everly. “It is our responsibility to help them plan a service that is personal to them and celebrates the life of their loved one, plus help them choose a final resting place where future generations can visit, touch and remember those who came before them.”
The caring, trained professionals at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries know that everyone wants to be remembered for being significant, for having made a difference in the lives of the people closest to them, and that families and friends want to remember and memorialize those who have impacted their lives. Funeral services and memorialization are important because they allow families and friends to:
- Experience a touching service and have a place to visit a loved one and help begin the healing process for those who are grieving.
- Celebrate and memorialize the significance of the individual’s life.
- Express their support, love and personal grief for those left behind.
Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries is dedicated to making sure each family served knows and understands all of the options available to them. Does the family want a traditional funeral service with an above-ground burial or would they prefer cremation, a memorial service and a niche in an indoor mausoleum? One family may want to hold the funeral service at the church where the loved one was baptized, and another family may want to have a celebration at their loved one’s favorite picnic spot in the park. Today, funeral and memorial services as well as burial and memorialization choices are as varied as the individual they represent.
For example, while more and more people today are choosing cremation, many people do not know that, just as with traditional burial, cremation is, and should be, preparation for memorialization. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries offer a wide range of eternal resting places so future generations can visit and remember those who came before them.
Many families do not know that cemeteries have just as many options for memorializing cremated remains as with “traditional burial.” First, the remains can be buried in ground spaces. For instance, a widow who buried her husband 20 years ago may prefer cremation for herself. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries’ professionals will inform her family that they certainly have the option of using her burial property for cremated remains.
Did you know that Metairie Cemetery’s All Saints Mausoleum provides small spaces for cremation urns called niches? Private family columbariums are yet another option, as are cremation benches and other permanent memorials. Metairie Cemetery and Lake Lawn Park offer these options and many more appropriate dedicated, permanent spaces where families can visit, connect and remember loved ones.
Making funeral arrangements ahead of time – commonly called “prearranging” or “preplanning” – can ensure each person’s wishes are carried out just the way they want. The best decisions are always those that are made calmly, rationally, and with ample information at hand, which is why it makes such good sense to plan ahead and take care of as many of the decisions as possible. That way, grieving loved ones will not be burdened with the doubt and confusion of making difficult choices.
The dedicated trained professionals at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries frequently meet with local groups and organizations to provide an educational and interesting presentation on the facts and information surrounding final needs. Some groups that have benefitted from these seminars include
- Senior Groups and Centers
- Veterans Organizations
- Church Groups
- Retirement Groups
- Associations
- Public Servants (EMS, Fire, Police)
- Hospice-Care Workers
- Community Organizations
- Citizens with Special Needs
To find out more about these informational seminars, contact Community Relations Director Jeanne Keene at 504-265-0672.
For more information about all of the funeral, cremation, burial and memorialization options available to you, please contact Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries at 504-486-6331 or visit its website at www.LakeLawnMetairie.com.
