Video tributes in obituaries

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Over the past couple yrs I've noticed that sometimes on a funeral home's website they have a video honoring the life of the deceased. I guess family provides photos, then they are arranged and set to music. Very cool! :)

Usually it starts out with the person being a child, then school pics, graduation, military, wedding, anniversaries, vacations, birth of children.....other things such as hobbies, pets, family reunions/events, various homes & cars.

Over the weekend I found out that an uncle had died at 92 after a reasonably healthy life, and I went to the funeral home website and watched the video. It was about 10 minutes, brought back some memories. It can also be emotional....I sent a text to his DIL, and she texted me back saying she watched it and smiled through her tears.
 

When my middle son passed away, they did something similar at his funeral home. They might have had it on their website, but I didn't see it. They did have the pictures on a slide show at the funeral home. I sat and watched it for a while. It was very sweet, and I was given a copy for my personal computer.

A friend of his did a video tribute for him as well. They had both been very active in church activites, so he had quite a few videos that included my son. It was beautifully done, and a very kind gift. My son wanted to be a chef, and there's a section of him kneading dough, with someone behind the camera talking to him. For some reason, Very fitting! I watched it when his first gave it to me, but in the nine years since his passing, I haven't been able to watch it again. Seems strange to me. Ha, I don't understand myself. You would think I would want to see him.

Anyway, my point is, I think it is a very kind gesture and I'm sure it touches the heart of the people that miss their loved ones.
 

I've seen the videos played at funerals sometimes but never on the funeral homes' websites. It can be a nice thing, certainly a sad but heartwarming thing. I'll have to look into that. Do the funeral homes in your area offer the "rugs" with the chosen picture of the deceased on them?
 
I think the correct term for what the funeral home in the area gives is a (large) tapestry not rug. They take a nice picture of the deceased, usually the one on the obituary program and turn it into a tapestry. Most of the ones I've seen are very nice. It's then folded and given to the wife, husband, child or closest relative.
 
For some reason I cannot explain, I find the video tributes kind of unsettling and even a bit creepy. They did one for my niece's memorial service and it just seemed so inappropriate for some reason -- as I said, I can't explain it -- it's a gut reaction of some kind.
 
applecruncher said:
Over the past couple yrs I've noticed that sometimes on a funeral home's website they have a video honoring the life of the deceased. I guess family provides photos, then they are arranged and set to music. Very cool! :)
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I think that is very cool
Been to one
Riveting
My mind went to those that put it together, imagining their memory rushes
 
I guess it depends on what the family wants. I went to my nephew's son's funeral and he was only 12yrs old. Honestly it broke my heart and I cried like a baby thinking of the life he would have had if we hadn't lost him too young.
 

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