When you find out a person is being cremated, you may be looking for a nice gift to send to the family members of the deceased. Many people like to send gifts that can take to the cemetery to decorate the headstone for a traditional burial but with cremation services in North Charleston, SC you have to find other options that the family can instead use as memorial items for wherever they choose to spread or display the ashes. Here are some options to keep in mind, 

Memorial Benches 

These are common sympathy gifts that people send for funerals with traditional burial services but they can also be given to the families of the people who are cremated the bench will be engraved with special words or lyrics that mean something to the family or have a beautiful memorial message. The family can choose the put the bench on or near the area where they spread their loved one’s ashes. This way they can always go back to that spot and sit and spend time with their loved one there. They may also choose to just take it home. 

Flowers 

While flowers are often sent for funerals, you can also choose to send them for cremations services. You may want to talk to the family about their plans for their loved one's ashes. They may be interested in spreading the ashes near a plant and knowing that their loved one is growing inside the plant. In this case, you can choose a plant that you know will live for many years and that the family will like and be able to care for. You may even want to buy a small shrub or tree for the ashes. 

Statues 

If the family is going to spread the ashes they will likely not have a headstone or marker that shows this location. You can gift them a statue that they can place at the site where they have spread the ashes and use it as a marker. You can choose statues that come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You can choose from angels, crosses, other religious symbols, animals, work symbols, sports symbols, and more. Think about the things the deceased care about or enjoyed or that the family likes and looks for statues that focus on those things. 

If you are planning to attend cremation services and need to find the perfect sympathy gift for the family, be sure to keep some of the above suggestions in mind. You may also have other ideas for gifts that can work just as well. When it comes time to plan for cremation services in North Charleston, SC for a loved one, be sure to reach out to the Palmetto Cremation Society. We are here to help with all your cremation and funeral planning needs. Give us a call today to learn more about our services and all the ways we can help you. We are here to make cremation planning simple and easy.