Memories.
As grieving parents, they’re all we have left of our missing child.
Pictures are one of the best ways to share those memories. But if you’re like us, those pictures may be squirreled away in boxes, or in many photo albums. We’ve got another option to help put your child’s life on display – the photo montage.
Richard’s “official” date of death was May 28. That is when he was discovered. He had actually passed on several days before that – I’m certain it was on the 23rd. Because of this, his body was in bad shape. We couldn’t have an open casket at the visitation service. We’ve never seen the dead Richard.
Richard was a great kid, and we wanted to show him off to people that came to the service. We had lot’s of pictures. With the help of our daughter Sarah, their cousins Hannah and Shelby, and Richard’s girl friend Ivy, we assembled a couple of nice photo albums. We had these out at the funeral home for people to enjoy.
One service our funeral home offers is a photo montage of the deceased. We got the biggest one – 30 X 40.
I handed them about 35 pictures of Richard at 5pm Saturday afternoon and the montage was ready at the visitation service the next morning. It was placed in a temporary frame and displayed on an easel.
We were able to take our guests over to the montage and share Richard’s life with them.
That montage really did show our kid. It was him, from the day he was born til just before his death. Richard being Richard – smiling and enjoying life. Bringing joy to those around him.
We’ve had it framed and it now hangs on the wall in our TV room. That way I can still watch football games with my kid.
Turns out the funeral home doesn’t do these montages on-site. They have it done at Memory Lane Montages in Frankfort, KY.
Rogers Funeral Home in Frankfort started offering this montage service for their customers. It became popular. So popular in fact, they spun this off into a separate business. They now have contracts with several area funeral homes. They also sell direct to the public through their website. Funeral homes go to the front of the line, so don’t expect an overnight turn around on your order. It can take several weeks.
We are very pleased with our montage of Richard. It is now a family heirloom.
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