The Gratuity for a Memorial Service is: $200.00
Please make your check payablle to: V.M.M. Inc.
*Please Call Chaplain Crawford at: 909-633-3104
Our Services will Include:
Officiating the Memorial Service
Confirming: Honor Guard Services
A Family Briefing regarding: The National Cemetery Procedures; Directions to RNC and many other helpful details.
*Be Advised many of the 'Navigation Systems' do not direct users to to the Correct Location of R. N. C.!
*Please go to our; 'Helpfull Links Page' and click on the R.N.C. Web Site to confirm Directions!
*The Actual Main Entranceto the Riverside National Cemetery on Van Buren is; 'Harmon Ave'
THE IMPORTANCE OF A EULOGY
A Eulogy is an expression of praise given in memory of
someone who has died, which is usually delivered at a funeral or memorial service.
I never cease to be amazed by the courage and composure of the people standing up to give a eulogy at the funerals I have officiated and attended.
A Eulogy has to be the most difficult speech someone ever has to
give, particularly if you are not that confidant a speech-giver anyway. However, to be asked to give a eulogy for a family member, friend or work colleague is a tremendous honor and brings great responsibility.
It is an opportunity to record and celebrate a life and bring
that person to life for one more time and it is a tremendous
gift to the grieving family.
The most effective Eulogies I have heard, share memories of the deceased and give you insight and information about somebody’s life, often their early life, that maybe you weren’t aware of.
A good Eulogy leaves you knowing more about that person
than perhaps you knew before and leaves you uplifted, with some good memories to take away.
- Decide who is to write, and who is to give the eulogy.
- It is important that family members feel comfortable and confidant about the person chosen to give the Eulogy.
- It doesn’t have to be just one person giving the eulogy. I've been at funerals where three people gave the eulogy – all of whom had known the person at a different stage of their life, such as during childhood, through work and through marriage.
- It was very effective because they all supported each other and each had different memories to share. It is also less pressure for each speech giver. Likewise, if it's an elderly person who has died, it may be that children and grandchildren may want to make a contribution.
- Think about your audience – is it just family and close friends or a wider audience, who may have known the deceased in different areas of their life, such as work?
- The age of the deceased and nature of their death is also important. If it is an older person who has enjoyed a long, fulfilled life, then it is probably easier to remain uplifting and inspiring.
- If you don’t feel able to stand up and give a Eulogy, I'm am available. Everybody will understand if you become a little emotional while giving it, but if you feel that it would just be too distressing and you might break down completely, then it is probably best to decline when asked.
- If it is a very close family member that has died such as a husband, wife or child, you may want to write the Eulogy yourself, but ask somebody else to give it on your behalf.
- The eulogy is the moment at which the deceased is brought close,
and a time when he or she steps away. It is at once a greeting and a letting go” Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate
*If you’d like me to Compose the Eulogy for your love one,
Please let me know! There is an additional Fee.
*If you compose a Eulogy and want me to read it for you
during the service, I will need a copy of the finished version as
soon as possible before the service.
Chaplain Chris Crawford
