It can be very hard to drop everything and prepare for a final service when a loved one passes on. You want to make sure they are well cared for and that you are able to get them what they need in this difficult time. But you don’t always have to be at the Dallas funeral homes in person in order to plan the celebration of life service you want to have for them. There are other options today and planning at home is one of them. Here are a few things you will benefit from as you make celebration of life plans with the funeral home at your own home.

No Rushing Needed

If you have decided to have a cremation done for your loved one, you can carry forward with that plan and then, there is no rush at all on the celebration of life plans. You can have the event whenever you want and wherever you want. Even though that is also true when you plan in person with a funeral home, sometimes even just having someone else in the room with you might make you feel rushes to make decisions and plans to bring things together. When you work on plans at home, you are completely at your own pace.

Involve More Family

When you work with a funeral home in person, you might feel like they will take care of certain things—and they will. Working on celebration of life plans in your own home allows you the freedom to include your family more, if you’d like. You can ask certain people to take care of certain parts or even have some family coordinate some things. You may be more comfortable (and have more time) to reach out to family to get the support you want for the event.

Get Paperwork Out Of The Way

There, of course, is paperwork to fill out whenever you work with a funeral home on a final service of any kind. That paperwork can feel like quite a task, but you can do it in your own home, at your own pace to make the process as comfortable as possible. You can often download much of the initial paperwork, so you are able to get those things filled out before you have direct contact with the funeral home. It’s just one of those steps most people want to get out of the way.

Working with Dallas funeral homes on any kind of final service is hard, but when you truly want to celebrate your loved one’s life, it comes with a sense of joy, too. Working on as much of the process in the comfort of your own home as you’d like is perfectly fine. The professionals at

Hughes Family Tribute Center encourage you to do whatever feels best for you. We’re here to help implement whatever you need and support you along the way in every capacity possible for your loved one’s services.