Advantages of Online Obituaries | Cremation Services

When planning Channing, MI cremation services, one of the things you will need to do is to compose an obituary for your loved one. Traditionally, obituaries are published in the newspaper of the city where the deceased lived, as well as in other city newspapers where the deceased was either well-known or spent a significant amount of time. 

An obituary summarizes the highlights of the deceased person's life along with a list of immediate family who died before and a list of surviving immediate family members. Also included are any funeral arrangements for the deceased person. 

Publishing obituaries in newspapers can be expensive because newspapers charge a by-the-word rate, so the longer the obituary is the more it will cost to publish. Larger newspapers charge more than smaller newspapers, so if obituaries are going to be published in several newspapers, they can get very expensive very fast. 

In the past, to counter the cost, obituaries were brief and to the point, which often left families of the deceased feeling like the notice of death somehow shortchanged their loved ones. 

Online obituaries, published on the funeral home's website, eliminate both the expense and the brevity that newspaper obituaries necessitated. 

One advantage of online obituaries is that they are more colorful. Many newspapers have begun publishing color photos of deceased people, but that costs more money than publishing a black-and-white photo. With an online obituary, not only can you use one color photo of the deceased, but you can use multiple color photos or you can do a montage of color photos. 

Another advantage of online obituaries is that a death notice will still appear in the newspaper, but it will be short and inexpensive, with a link to the full obituary on the funeral home's website. 

A third advantage of online obituaries is that there are no space limitations as to how long the obituaries are, which allows families to include more information about their loved ones' lives, interests, hobbies, and accomplishments. 

Online obituaries make it easier to get the word out about a loved one's death. Newspaper readership is down, and many people no longer subscribe to newspapers that are delivered to their doors. However, people frequently read newspapers online, so they can easily share the funeral home's obituary link in emails and through social media. 

Online obituaries also have the advantage that enables friends, family, coworkers, church members, and others to leave condolence messages for the deceased person's immediate family and to share memories and stories about the deceased person. 

Additionally, online obituaries can help cut down on the number of phone calls made to the family from people who want to express their condolences or share memories of the deceased person, which is a relief for the immediate family as they are getting ready to make funeral arrangements and are in the beginning steps of grieving. 

A last advantage of online obituaries is that they are permanent. Any time someone wants to go read a loved one's obituary, it's there for them to view. Sometimes, depending on how the website works, the ability to comment is turned off after a certain length of time, but the obituary stays up and is available all the time. 

If you want to know more about online obituaries for Channing, MI cremation services, our compassionate and knowledgeable team at Jacobs Funeral Homes & Crematory can help you. You can see us at our funeral home at 1025 Carpenter Ave., Iron Mountain, MI 49801, or you can call us today at (906) 774-6166.