Who Has Flowers Delivered To Funeral Home When There Is A Death In Family.?
My grandpap just passed away yesterday, and his funeral will be held this Saturday. I automatically wanted to have flowers delivered to the funeral home. Is this appropriate? Am I suppose to have flowers delivered, or is this something just friends of the family members do?
You can indeed send flowers to the funeral home for your grandfather. It shows you loved him and want to honor him. Usually a family is in too much grief to even think about it, but I personally think there is nothing wrong with it. When my grandparents died, I even asked the funeral home and/or the minister if I could put my picture in their caskets before they were closed. I knew Grandma and Grandpa would never know they were there, but it made me feel better to still “be close” to them.
The pictures were added to the caskets–in fact, they were laid upon the hearts of my grandparents.
Some of my cousins then did likewise, so Grandma/Grandpa went to heaven with all their grandchildren’s pictures.
Interesting story: my grandmother passed away on New Year’s Eve 1991, just 2 1/2 months after Grandpa (they had been married for 63 years and it is like she just gave up on life after he passed on). In early January 1992, my Aunt called my mother and me to come down to their house because we just HAD to see something on their garage. Once we got there, we saw a male and female white snowy owl sitting on the roof and they had not moved that entire day. My cousin, a photographer, was able to get within 2 feet of these birds to take their picture, and they still did not move to get away from her. Snowy owls are not common in my part of Iowa–or even the state as far as I know–and I have never seen another one since that day 18 years ago. My cousin and I still think it was my grandparents’ spirits coming to us in that form to let us know they were okay and not to cry or worry about them.
Usually, you can place an order with a florist and have it delivered directly to the funeral home Some funeral homes have a florist right nearby, but any florist or funeral home can transport the flowers to where they need to go. The funeral home will set them up for the viewing and funeral, and will transport them to a remote burial site, if the funeral home is not part of the cemetery in which the deceased will be interred.
You can also inquire directly with the funeral home, if you have any further questions.
There is no requirement to send flowers, but a lot of people do.
Anyone can send flowers as a sign of respect, but no one is obligated to do so. If you live out of the area, definately send flowers to show your respect. If you don’t you can still send or bring flowers but you may want to make a meal for those visitors to the home afterwards as this will be needed more than flowers.
Anyone who wants to. You are under no obligation, but if it makes you feel better, do it; or, make a contribution in honor of him to his church or favorite charity.
My poppy passed in Oct. and we sent flowers it doesn’t matter family or friends all is appreciated. Also we have sent a plant in the past too they are also nice and last longer.
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ur close family memeber it’s ok not to do so!