Personalized casket ornament display plaque

A method for memorializing a deceased who is to be buried in a casket, the steps comprising:

• displaying the casket containing the deceased therein, the casket having at least one selectively removable decorative hardware component removably secured to the casket, the hardware component including a first fastener element;
• removing the decorative hardware component from the casket prior to inserting the casket into a grave;
• providing a display plague including a second fastener element;
• affixing the decorative hardware component to the display plaque via the first and second fastener elements;
• and
• presenting the display plaque and decorative hardware component to survivors of the deceased so that the deceased can be remembered by displaying the plaque and decorative hardware component.

A method for memorializing a deceased who is to be cremated, the steps comprising:

• displaying a casket containing the deceased therein, the casket having at least one selectively removable decorative hardware component;
• removing the decorative hardware component from the casket;
• cremating the deceased;
• collecting the remains of the cremated deceased;
• affixing the decorative hardware component to a display plaque;
• and
• presenting the remains and display plaque and decorative hardware component to survivors of the deceased so that the deceased can be remembered by displaying the plaque and decorative hardware component.

A method of memorializing a deceased comprising:

• displaying the deceased in a casket having at least one selectively removable decorative hardware component, the hardware component including a first fastener element;
• removing the decorative hardware component from the casket;
• providing a display plaque including a second fastener element;
• affixing the decorative hardware component to the display plaque via the first and second fastener elements;
• and
• presenting the display plaque and decorative hardware component to survivors of the deceased.