There are many unique and creative ways to honor the memory of your loved one. Perhaps one or more of these will match your desires.
Our Life Tributes program offers a customized and animated video and a dedicated website honoring your loved one’s life. Each part of the Life Tributes program uses photos of your loved one combined with one of our various themes to create a memorial DVD that is yours to keep. This can be shown at the viewing or at a funeral service and can be viewed online. A free DVD copy of the Tribute Video will be given to every family as part of their service.
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This is a wonderful poem to help comfort those about the loss of their loved one. "The Dash" Poem comes as a wonderful hard-bound book with full color photography of the most serene and beautiful sites from around the world. Click below to see the poem book presentation with music. We offer "The Dash" Poem book free to every family with their service.
Click Here to View VideoCopies of this presentation will be available to purchase online soon. To purchase a copy, please call Mcveigh Funeral Home at (518) 489-0188.
Memorial wristbands are made in the USA and are 100% silicone with many designs and text to choose from to honor your loved one.
At McVeigh Funeral Home, we pride ourself on being able to customize caskets for your loved one. We have several engravings and embroidery that can be placed on your casket to make it unique to any person. Please give us a call at (518) 489-0188 and one of our professional funeral directors will be available to go over those options with you.
Our Fingerprint Keepsake Jewelry, are the perfect way to remember your loved one. We cast their fingerprint in the metal of your choice and are able to make pendants and other jewelry that you can wear.
Veteran Flag Cases are a great way to keep your loved one's flag in perfect condition. These cases are made from plexi-glass and are clear so that the flag can be displayed openly. We offer one of these free to every veteran with their service.
Our Roseries come in many different colors and sizes. Please contact our friendly funeral directors at (518) 489-0188 today to see our full selection of Roseries.
Our personalized memorial cards and prayer cards may personalized with a portrait of your loved one (at no cost) as well as your choice of text. We offer all the familiar and comforting prayers and psalms of the Church, poetry, Prose, or customized text provided by the family.
Thank you notes or acknowledgement cards are personalized for our families. There is a large choice of designs for the note cards and the cards contain a message that is chosen by the family. We are able to make these note cards available to the family long after the service is over.
The Etiquette of Acknowledgments is a free guide given to each family who selects acknowledgement cards from us. This guide includes some simple and thoughtful tips on how to get started in thanking all those who have helped and supported the family in their time of need. We offer these guides free with every service.
"It is furnished as part of our service to aid you in thanking friends and relatives for their help, remembrances and sympathetic concerns." - Bill McVeigh
Laminated bookmarks with copies of the obituary are created for our families.
Families have a choice of several Register Books that provide a place for visitors to sign in at services. The books are personalized for each individual with a memory page, a page for a family record, funeral service, and burial place information.
Memory Portraits pay tribute to the deceased while bringing comfort to the surviving family and friends. Any photograph (as small as wallet size) can be transformed into a personalized portrait signed by the artist. These portraits can be displayed at the memorial ceremony or visitations and later taken home by the families for everlasting memories. Please click on the links below for samples in different styles:
Kelly Bird is one of our local solo music artists in the area. Please click on the link below to learn more about her and get a sample of her music.
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"Music is integral to the funeral rights. Mention bagpipes and most people will associate them with funerals. This association of the bagpipes and funerals stem from what the pipes can do best, powerfully play and touch the deepest emotions where words fail to reach. For hundreds of years the bagpipes have been played at funeral services, commemorating their loss of a loved one with music. The soulful and haunting sounds of the bagpipe's ancient scale express convictions and feelings that words alone may fail to convey. The use of a bagpiper may help you and your family deal with a very difficult time in your lives. "
-Kristin McVeigh-Parente
When to Use a Piper at the Service
The bagpipes can be utilized at any point during the funeral service. Typically the bagpiper will perform at either the Funeral Mass, Funeral Home Service, Memorial Service, or at the Interment at the cemetery. Occasionally, a bagpiper may be requested to perform at both the place of Service and place of interment.