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Today’s families are redefining what a funeral looks like. Traditional, one-size-fits-all services are no longer the norm. Instead, families want experiences that feel personal, meaningful, and reflective of the life being honored. In fact, 75% of at-need and 71% of pre-need families believe funerals should be personalized to tell a unique story, but only 53% of funeral directors feel the same
 
This gap creates risk for funeral homes, but also tremendous opportunity. By delivering the meaningful options families expect, you not only meet their emotional needs but also strengthen loyalty and grow revenue.  
 
Family Choices® makes this possible. With a wide range of funeral personalization options for caskets, urns, remembrance products, along with tools that make it easy to present and deliver them, you can help families celebrate their loved one’s life their way, while ensuring your funeral home remains essential in every conversation. 

What is Family Choices®: Personalization Options for Every Family 

Family Choices® is more than a collection of products; it’s a complete personalization solution designed to reflect every family’s story. As the personalization leader in the industry, Batesville offers a wide range of options for burial, cremation, and remembrance items, it empowers funeral homes to create experiences that resonate on a deeper level. Families can choose from symbols of faith and hobbies or displays of cherished memories to build a tribute as unique as the person being remembered. 
 
By bringing together design, technology, and craftsmanship, Family Choices® helps transform services into memorable experiences that carry on after the service. Whether through casket personalization, urn engravings, or remembrance items to take home and cherish, each option is built to tell a story and to keep that story alive long after the service. 

Choosing Your Burial & Cremation Personalization

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LifeSymbols® Designs & LifeStories® Display Medallions

These meaningful personalization options visually express relationships, spirituality, affiliations, and interests.

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LifeSymbols® 3D

With multiple design options, including Modern Angel, Western, and more, these products feature a base for display after the service. The base can also hold cremated remains, flower petals, or gravesite soil.

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Image Medallions

Turn photos into lasting mementos with engraving options available on the keepsake sizes.

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Decorative Casket Panels

Highlight a loved one’s interests, hobbies, or values in a uniquely personal way.

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Enhanced Interiors

Choose from dual overlays, multiple overlays, LifeView® Panels, or an interior upgrade kit to make the casket more personal.

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LifeView® Panels

Transform the casket into a canvas with pleated panels that hold photos, keepsakes, and memorabilia.

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Engraving

Engraving options are available on many of Batesville’s cremation urns to add another level of personalization.

Combining Personalization with Technology: Family Choices® Digital Showroom

Personalization is powerful, but only if families can see what’s possible. That’s where Batesville’s Family Choices® Digital Showroom comes in.

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Family Choices® Digital Showroom

Our Family Choices® Digital Showroom transforms the arrangement process, creating a guided experience tailored to each family. As details are captured about their loved one’s life, choices are automatically narrowed down, helping families avoid feeling overwhelmed. With real-time visualization of personalization options, from 3D urn engravings to casket personalization, families can immediately see how their selections will look, building confidence and creating deeper emotional connections.

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How do you make a funeral unique?

Making a funeral unique depends on personal preference and the life you’re remembering. For many, a funeral becomes unique when it reflects the life, values, and personality of their loved one. With Batesville’s Family Choices® personalization, funeral homes can offer families meaningful personalization options that tell a personal story and celebrate a life well lived.

What is a display medallion?

A display medallion is a small, decorative emblem placed on the casket that symbolizes an individual’s faith, interests, or affiliations. For instance, Batesville offers various LifeStories® display medallions, designed to honor everything from religious beliefs to hobbies, creating a personal touch that families can treasure.

How do you personalize an urn?

Batesville urns can be personalized in several ways, including engraving and LifeSymbols® designs and LifeStories® display medallions where compatible. Many of our urns are designed to accommodate Family Choices® personalization options, giving families multiple ways to create a lasting tribute.

How do you personalize a funeral service?

Personalization can be woven into every part of a service. With Batesville solutions, funeral homes can use LifeView® panels to display photos and keepsakes, MemoryFrame® displays, personalized caskets or urns, and themed décor that reflect the individual’s passions and story.

Can caskets be personalized?

Yes. Batesville offers extensive casket personalization, including decorative panels, enhanced interiors, and more.

What is a personalized funeral?

A personalized funeral is one that honors an individual’s story by incorporating meaningful details into the service and merchandise. Batesville provides funeral homes with personalization options so families can celebrate a loved one in a way that feels authentic and memorable.

How do you decorate for a funeral?

Decoration should reflect the loved one’s life and values. Batesville helps funeral homes achieve this with options like LifeView® panels, themed casket interiors, and personalization products that enhance the overall setting while keeping the focus on remembrance.