'This is a service for people, in town and out'

Submitted on November 05, 2008

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Many funeral homes are using modern technology to provide new ways to serve their clients in making visitation and funeral arrangements.

Through Internet websites, deceased loved ones can be memorialized, and the information can be viewed by friends and relatives all over the globe. And while photo displays at wakes have been common for years, technology allows more advanced uses for pictures and other personal mementos.

At funeral homes associated with the Dignity Memorial network, clients can purchase a MEM, Making Everlasting Memories.

"The MEM is utilized to celebrate a person’s life," explained Donald W. Daugherty, general manager of Colonial Mortuary-Hoffmeister-Kriegshauser Funeral Directors, a Dignity Memorial member.

"When we meet with a family, we ask them to bring in photos, awards, whatever would be important to that person," Daugherty said. "Then we make moving memories."

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