Cremation Service Reception Ideas
Once you have the cremation services in Humboldt, IL planned, you might also want to plan a reception to take place after the services. The reception is a place to take a deep breath, spend more time with family, share memories, and support one another. While many families have a friend or community group that offers to host the reception, you can either do it yourself or pass your ideas along to the people who have offered to hold it.
The most important thing you will want to include in reception is refreshments of some kind. Depending on the time of day, you can have a full meal or something light and more of a snack. After a memorial service, people might be thirsty because of the emotions they have let out during the service. Make sure you have nice, cold water on hand and perhaps something else refreshing, like lemonade or tea. Coffee is also a nice touch for those who enjoy that beverage.
As for snacks, having something healthy, like a fruit or vegetable tray, is easy for people to grab and can give them the nutrients their body needs to get through the rest of the day. But comfort foods are also nice and having a table of desserts is never a bad idea. Cracker and cheese trays can also hit the spot without being too heavy.
For full meals, many people keep it simple and just go with sandwiches and salads. That’s really a good idea because it’s something that doesn’t have to stay warm. People can eat it whenever they want without worrying about it getting cold. You could, of course, also have the event catered with trays that sit on warmers, so they stay warm longer. It is also a nice idea to simply go to a restaurant in a private room so people can get whatever they want.
If you have something catered or have snacks or sandwiches, it’s generally easier to use paper or plastic plates and cups. People can just throw them away and the cleanup is much simpler all the way around. No one has to stay behind and wash anything and there aren’t any worries about anything getting broke, either.
While any of these foods can be purchased, for a personal touch, some groups like to pitch in and have everyone bring something. Someone can bake a pie while someone else puts together a cheese tray and so on. It’s a nice way to scatter the costs among a group without overwhelming anyone on preparations.
When you are working on cremation services in Humboldt, IL, you might also think up ideas for the reception. If someone has offered to host that for you, pass your ideas along to them or simply appreciate whatever they come up with on their own. The professionals at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home Ltd are here to help you with ideas and options no matter what stage of the planning process you are in and no matter what you need along the way.
