honoring passed on love ones at the wedding

paintbrush91 Posted: Jul 18, 2003 08:02 AM

honoring passed on love ones at the wedding

I see the post of the poem. I think thats a great idea.

I was wondering if anyone is doing/or did something different to honor a passed on love one.

Valentinegirl Posted: Jul 18, 2003 08:09 AM

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My future father in law passed away a few months ago so we I am making a vase w/ roses at the table where you pick your seating cars up w/ a little peom or saying.

mlp924 Posted: Jul 18, 2003 08:19 AM

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The flowers in the church will be in memory of Matt's grandfather who passed on in January.

Jess2 Posted: Jul 18, 2003 08:21 AM

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We will probably put their names on our prgrams and mention some of them in a speech during the reception.

daisybride Posted: Jul 18, 2003 09:14 AM

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I am going to do a small collage of all our grandparents and put it one the placecard table with a candle lit throughout the reception. Maybe a framed poem next to it or something.

kelly6273 Posted: Jul 18, 2003 09:25 AM

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I mentioned the deceased in my programs and we dedicated roses to Mary in honor of them also. I just posted this to 2003wedding so you may have already seen it, but here it goes:

Here is how I worded it:

DEDICATION OF ROSES TO OUR BLESSED MOTHER IN HONOR OF OUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES

LISTED NAMES AND RELATIONSHIP

PRESENTED MY KELLY & SCOTT (THAT'S US)

And then on the last page after Thanking everyone who was there, we wrote this:

PLEASE REMEMBER OUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES WHO WALK WITH US TODAY. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE WITH US IN SPIRIT.

swags1016 Posted: Jul 18, 2003 09:27 AM

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we are having a memory table with pictures of all of our grandparents etc.

endlessluv429 Posted: Jul 18, 2003 09:29 AM

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I'm honoring the memory of my great aunt (Who was more like a second grandmother to me) who passed away. To honor her we are going to make a donation to the national diabetes association/foundation-since she died from complications of diabetes. they will give us the tents or the scrolls (up to us which one) to display on the tables explaning it.

oneday Posted: Jul 18, 2003 09:35 AM

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To remember my mom, I didn't want to do anything that would really draw attention to it - I knew that that would be too hard for myself, my dad and some of the other friends and family - so, I asked the florist to put a small bouquet of daisy's (her very favorite flower and what she used in her wedding) at my table (they actually ended up at the cake tabel but that's a different story). It was a way for me to honour and remember her without getting myself too upset.

tootsie Posted: Jul 18, 2003 11:42 AM

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I am having my parents and FH parents wedding pic on the place card table and will also dance with my brother to a song in memory of her.

KathleenG Posted: Jul 18, 2003 11:51 AM

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I want my sister, my brother, and myself to light a candle for my mom during the ceremony. I am also thinking of doing flowers in her honor at the altar or even a picture at the altar! My mom would laugh at the idea cause she loved attention! I am definitely putting a picture of my mom in the programs! I am still thinking of more ideas; my wedding will be dedicated to my mom!

tootsie Posted: Jul 18, 2003 11:53 AM

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oh and i am giving my bo-k to my mom at the cemetary the next day.

OCT1203 Posted: Jul 18, 2003 11:58 AM

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At the ceremony we are going to do the memorial candle and also have a dedication to my grandmother ( we are getting married on her birthday) and then at the reception I will put a picture of her with the memorial candle and the poem someone recently posted at the table where my guest/photo album will be.