Addresses on Funeral Flowers for Delivery
I came a cross and interesting article on Washington Post.com that I felt appropriate and important to share with everyone. It is in regards to sending funeral flowers.
Hints From Heloise
Posted Monday, January 25, 2010; 12:00 AM
An Address for Those Left Behind
Dear Heloise: You had a column about putting ADDRESSES ON FUNERAL FLOWERS. You were right on, and I’ll add a few hints.
My sister died, and her children had no idea who some of the people were, and neither did we siblings. People had signed only their first names to cards, with no return address of further identity. We would suggest adding a bit of a note with some extra information, such as “Jane Doe, a sorority sister from college,” etc. My mother received a card with a monetary gift signed only “Margaret.” We had no idea which Margaret, and the postmark was not helpful. We felt terrible that we could not return a thank-you. — Kathy H., Nebraska
My condolences on losing your sister. It’s a very hard time, and trying to take care of sending thank-you notes can be difficult. Readers, please sign your full name, especially if you are not a close friend or relative. — Heloise
The point made in this helpful hint in sending funeral flowers is an absolute truth. However, anytime you send flowers to someone in replace of your presence, may it be a funeral, baby shower wedding, or another event, the same information that were mentioned in the Washington Post Heloise column should be followed as well.
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January 27th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
What a great idea. I send flowers all the time and quite often they are to the funeral home for a friend, family member or loved one. I forget that not everyone may know who I am, even if I signed my full name. I will be doing this from now on. I wonder why the floral shops didn’t think of this either. I can see where it would be helpful to the family left behind. Thank you.
January 28th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
That’s a good idea. My grandma died recently and I helped my Mom with the thank you notes. We had a really hard time figuring out who sent what. Full names and addresses would have been a tremendous help.
January 29th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
I’m so glad you put this information on your site. We went through this when my Mom died. It would have helped a lot to know who we were writing thank you cards to. I have to admit, I never thought of doing this either, but I will from now on.
February 1st, 2010 at 5:30 pm
This is a good idea. What the family needs is less stress, not more. Thank you for sharing this information.
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Trying to get thank you cards out to friends, family, co-workers and acquaintances is not as easy as it sounds. I appreciate those that added the information to the cards and flowers as well as the sign in book at the funeral home. I was glad to see the suggestion on your site as well. No sense in making a hard time harder for the family. Thanks.