Personal Alternative Funeral Services
Funeral concierge services: Assists families with tasks related to the funeral arrangements, such as arranging for travel and accommodations for out-of-town guests, arranging for catering, and handling other logistical details.
Customized caskets or urns: Customized caskets or urns that reflect the interests or personality of the deceased may be a service Personal Alternative Funeral Services offers. For example, a casket might be painted with a sports team logo, or an urn might be shaped like a musical instrument.
Green or eco-friendly funerals: Personal Alternative Funeral Services may offer green or eco-friendly funeral services that are designed to be environmentally sustainable. Biodegradable caskets or urns, avoiding embalming chemicals, and using natural burial practices.
Cremation and burial: Personal Alternative Funeral Services can provide cremation services, including the use of a crematorium and urns for ashes...and also assist with arranging for burial, including the purchase of a burial plot and a casket.
Memorial jewelry: Some funeral homes offer memorial jewelry that incorporates a small amount of a loved one's ashes or other mementos into a piece of jewelry that can be worn or kept as a keepsake.
DNA preservation: Check with Personal Alternative Funeral Services about collecting and preserving a small sample of a deceased individual's DNA. This can be used for a range of purposes, including genealogy research, paternity testing, and forensic identification.
