Every service, every memorial, every interaction with the family – personalization is an important part of everything we do,” said Angela Erickson, family service director at Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Cemetery and Mausoleum (ForestLawnOmaha.com). “The glass front niche is the ultimate form of personalization because it allows people to tell their individual stories through the items they choose to display in their glass front niche.”
Forest Lawn introduced the glass front niche when it opened the Forest Lawn Mausoleum in 2021. The glass front niches are designed to hold the urns containing the cremated remains for permanent placement.
Each urn is then surrounded by the special photos, mementos and other items that represent the key people, events and activities that reflect the individual’s life. They might also include items that family and friends most associate with that person…