Personalization
Services We Provide
Personalization allows family and friends to feel connected to the services and the life being honored. When we talk about personalization, we begin with the dedicated, one-on-one care we provide to each family we serve. Our goal is to be fully present and available; answering questions, offering guidance, and handling the details so that your focus can remain on honoring your loved one. Every service we plan is approached with the intention of creating a meaningful and unique reflection of a life well lived.
Personalization also comes to life through the thoughtful touches that make each celebration of life special, such as custom stationery, tribute videos, keepsake items, solidified remains, and personalized grave markers. These elements help tell your loved one’s story and preserve their memory for years to come.
Cemetery Monuments and Memorials
Cemetery monuments and memorials are a way of commemorating the life of a loved one. Designing and placing a cemetery monument or grave marker offers a lasting tribute to a loved one’s life. It serves as a physical place for family and friends to visit, reflect, and remember, providing comfort and connection for generations to come. A thoughtfully designed marker can capture personal details, religious or cultural symbols, or meaningful quotes, preserving a legacy in a visible, permanent way. Click the button below to see some of the beautiful Cemetery Monuments that we have assisted families in creating and designing to commemorate the life of their loved one.
Caskets and Urns
Selecting a casket or urn is a very personal decision and an important part of honoring your loved one’s life. Today, families have many meaningful options to choose from, whether it’s a traditional wood or metal casket, or an urn crafted from wood, ceramic, marble or even biodegradable materials. These selections can reflect your loved one’s values, interests, or personal style through favorite colors, engravings, emblems, or symbols that held special significance.
Personalizing a casket or urn helps tell the story of a life well lived. Whether it’s a design that reflects military service, religious faith, a love of nature, or a cherished hobby, these details allow family and friends to feel a deeper connection during the service. This act of personalization is one more way to celebrate the uniqueness of your loved one and create a lasting tribute that feels both fitting and heartfelt.
Custom Stationery Packages
Our stationery packages provide families with a coordinated set of printed items designed to honor and celebrate a loved one’s life. Each package includes obituary folders, acknowledgment cards, a register book, and a memorial candle. Families can personalize the stationery with a meaningful theme—such as a favorite hobby, interest, or occupation. Families may even choose to feature a photograph that their loved one cherished as the central design. Additional candles and laminated bookmarks with matching themes are also available, offering thoughtful keepsakes to share with family and friends.
To explore the themes for the stationery packages, go ahead and visit the Theme Viewer. If you don’t find the perfect theme, ask us about personalizing your stationery products with a photo wrap. We are happy to help you find the perfect theme for your loved one.
Tribute Videos
A tribute video serves as a lifelong keepsake for families to relive memories of their loved one. Tribute videos can be created and used during the services, and it begins with a link provided by the Celebration of Life Center. The link can be shared broadly with family members who can upload photos that are set to background music to compliment the photo collection. Tribute videos are a special keepsake that can be enjoyed and passed down through generations.
Flowers
Flowers have long been a symbol of love, comfort, and remembrance. At a service or celebration of life, they add beauty, warmth, and a personal touch that honors the life being remembered. Whether it's a favorite flower, a meaningful color, or a simple arrangement to express sympathy, flowers help create a peaceful and uplifting atmosphere. Through our Celebration of Life Center, floral arrangements can be coordinated and purchased directly, making it easy to create something fitting and meaningful for your loved one’s service.
Our Preferred Florist is Shannon Lynn’s Floral & Boutique, located at 314 10th Street in downtown Windom. Shannon Lynn’s Floral & Boutique services each of our locations in Windom, Jackson and Lakefield, and we work closely to ensure flowers and gifts are coordinated with the family’s flower selections. Contact Shannon Lynn’s Floral & Boutique at (507) 831-1622
Photos
Photographs are a beautiful way to celebrate and remember your loved one’s life. Displaying favorite pictures during a celebration of life creates a personal connection, sparks memories, and invites sharing stories. Whether arranged in photo boards, framed photos or tribute videos, these images help bring the person’s journey to life and provide comfort to family and friends. We’re happy to assist you in organizing and showcasing photographs in a meaningful way for the service.
Music
Music is a powerful way to reflect your loved one’s personality, values, and spirit. Whether you choose traditional hymns, favorite secular songs, or instrumental pieces, the right music can bring comfort and meaning to those gathered. If the service is held in a church, we’ll help ensure selections align with the guidelines of that faith community while still honoring your loved one’s unique story. Our team can assist you in choosing music that feels both appropriate and deeply personal.
Webcast
To help friends and family who are unable to attend in person, ask whether live and recorded webcast services are available for your service. This allows loved ones near and far to participate in the celebration of life from wherever they are, providing a meaningful way to share memories and support one another. Whether viewed live or at a later time, webcasts ensure everyone can be included in honoring your loved one, no matter the distance.
Military Funeral Honors
For families of veterans, incorporating military honors into a celebration of life adds a deeply meaningful and respectful tribute to their service and sacrifice. These honors are more than ceremonial—they are a final gesture of gratitude from a grateful nation. Whether included as part of a full funeral service or a graveside gathering, military honors personalize the farewell in a powerful way that reflects the values of duty, honor, and country.
Custom Keepsake Jewelry
We offer timeless keepsakes designed to bring comfort and closeness each day. These special pieces provide a lasting connection that can be carried wherever life takes you with a cherished fingerprint engraved into a finely crafted piece of jewelry, keepsake, accessories and gifts. From charms, pendants, and dog tags to bookmarks, keychains, and more, each item is carefully handcrafted by skilled artisans. No two pieces are alike, making them as unique and personal as the love they represent.
Click here to explore custom keepsake and jewelry options.
Keepsake Urns
Keepsake urns offer families a meaningful way to share a loved one’s cremated remains among several people. These small urns are typically a fraction of the size of a traditional urn and are designed to hold a portion of the remains. They allow multiple family members or close friends to keep a personal memorial, providing comfort and connection in a tangible way. Keepsake urns come in a variety of styles and materials, making it easy to choose something that reflects your loved one’s personality and your family’s preferences.
Parting Stones
Parting Stones are an alternative to keeping the cremated remains of your loved one in an urn. Parting Stones transform the cremated remains into smooth stones that you can always keep with you, hold in your hand, place in a rock garden or leave in special places that your loved one held dear. The process begins by refining the cremated remains into a powder that is mixed with water to form a clay-like material that forms the stones. The stones are kiln-heated, giving the solidified remains their hardness and longevity. The finished collection of stones is cleaned, polished and returned home, normally yielding 40-80 stones ranging in diameter from the size of a quarter to about 3 inches around. Give us a call if you are interested in learning more about solidified Parting Stones.
Remember Well -Soul Stars
Remember Well Soul Stars are weatherproof metal plates designed to be attached to a cemetery monument, offering a lasting digital connection to your loved one’s story. Each Soul Star includes a unique QR code that, when scanned with a smartphone, leads visitors to a personalized online memorial page. This interactive feature allows friends and family to learn more about the person’s life, view photos, read tributes, and share memories right from the graveside.
With lifetime access, unlimited storage, and options for both public and private viewing, Soul Stars offer a modern way to preserve a legacy for generations. Easy to customize and simple to use, they provide a meaningful extension of the monument itself, bringing the story behind the name to life.
