From birthday parties and graduations to anniversary celebrations and weddings, it’s customary for families to send people invitations when they want to invite them to a special event. Keep this in mind when you’re making plans for a loved one’s funeral at a Mercedes funeral home. While your family might not necessarily think to create invitations for funeral services, it’s a good idea to do it if you want to ensure that a lot of people will show up to celebrate your loved one’s life. Here’s the best way to go about writing and sending funeral invitations. Begin by informing people of your loved one’s death. Most of the people who receive invitations to your loved one’s Mercedes, TX funeral services will have heard about their death by the time they get them. But there are going to be some people who are just hearing about your loved one’s death for the first time. Therefore, you should start a funeral invitation off by informing people of your loved one’s loss. You may also want to add a quick note thanking everyone who has sent their condolences in the direction of your family thus far. Include all the pertinent information about your loved one’s funeral services. Once you’ve informed people about your loved one’s death in your funeral invitations, the next order of business will be to spell out all the pertinent information about your loved one’s funeral services. You should include the date of the services, where the services will be held, and any other info that you would like to share with people. Make sure to include the name, address, and possibly even the phone number of the funeral home you’re using. This will encourage people to reach out to the funeral home, and not you, with any questions they might have. Kindly ask people to attend the funeral services and pass the information about the services along to others. Unless your family is holding private funeral services for your loved one, you want as many people as possible to come out to the services. You should let people know that they’re more than welcome to attend them if they would like in your invitations. Write something about how grateful you would be if they could be in attendance at the services that you’re in the process of putting together. Find the best ways to go about getting your invitations out into the world. Years ago, there were some people who would create physical funeral invitations. But in this day and age, it’s not necessary for them to do that anymore. It’s much easier to send out invitations via email or through the use of social media. It allows families to cast a much wider net in a very short period of time. Need help creating great funeral invitations for your loved one’s funeral services? McCaleb Funeral Home can help you with it while also helping you with all of the other Mercedes, TX funeral arrangements that need to be made. Reach out to us at (956) 968-7533 to get started or come and see what we can offer to your family at 900 W 4th St, Weslaco, TX 78596.