When a beloved teacher passes on and has services at the funeral home in Tukwila, WA, you want to honor that special person in a unique way. Planning the services might mean including things that you wouldn’t have otherwise for a person of a different profession. Here are a few ideas that could help you plan the right services for your loved one, who happened to be an excellent teacher.

Incorporate Students

Your loved one did what they did for their students. It’s that simple. Those kids meant the world to them and there wasn’t a conversation you had with them that didn’t include one or more of the students they were teaching at that time. If you can find a way to incorporate students into their services, it can mean a lot to your family. You know it would be something they would appreciate as well. If your loved one taught older kids, perhaps some of the band members could play a number or they could do a reading. If the kids were younger, ask them to draw pictures for your loved one and then put them on display.

Give Teaching Awards

Whether your loved one won awards for their teaching skills or not, you can create awards to give them at the service. You can create an award for the number of years they taught or an award for the most math problems solved. They deserve recognition for their years of service in the school and some fun awards can remind people just how much they meant to the kids they taught.

Include Photos

It’s traditional to features pictures of the person who passed on at their final services. While you might want pictures of just them in some places, having pictures of them in the classroom and with students will show that teacher side to them that everyone knows and loves. Place their school photos side by side to show just how many years they taught or put some yearbook photos of them with the kids on display.

Decorate With Teaching Items

Your loved one made teaching their life, not just their career path, and decorating some of the service spaces with teaching items can mean a lot to them and remind everyone who they were. Have a basket of apples at the front and hang paper rulers around the room, among other things. It’s a nice way to customize the service for the person they were.

The professionals at the funeral home in Tukwila, WA, want to honor your loved one and the things that were important to them. If they were a teacher and that was a big deal in their life, that’s something you want to bring out at their service. Tell the experts at Columbia Funeral Home & Crematory about them and we will help you figure out what ways you want to honor that special person and the profession they held so near and dear to their hearts.