From Hearses to the Cemetery to Cyberspace

Did you ever think you would see the day where they would be a type of social networking website for the deceased?

Eternal Space, a California company, recently launched an online service where friends and loved ones of the deceased can gather and enjoy special memories together. The company demonstrated the product earlier this month at a conference for the funeral industry at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. The four-day event included about 300 exhibitors.

After your loved one is taken in a Cadillac hearse to their final resting place, the website allows you to “compile countless multimedia tributes from the departed’s entire social network.” Many people are being drawn to the site because it provides a way for people to offer lasting tributes. Flowers will fade away and the coffin is never seen again once it is put into the ground, but these memorials and memories continue to last.

Is this something you would take advantage of if one of your loved ones passes away? It’s a great way to remember them and keep their memory alive with people from the deceased’s life that you may have never even met. You may even learn something about your loved one that will make you appreciate their life even more.