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What Does the Embalming Room Look Like?
What happens during the embalming process?
What are the benefits of embalming?
What are the options if I do not want my loved one embalmed?
Embalming takes place in a des...
Monday, March 31, 2025
Who Becomes a Funeral Director?
The funeral director is often the son or daughter of a funeral director. They grew up understanding the contribution the job brings to the community. Funeral directors are helpers. It’s more than j...
Monday, March 31, 2025
Choosing Music for a Funeral
Should we play music at the funeral? What music can we play at the funeral?
If it is given some thought, music can say everything about a loved one.
Too often the power of includi...
Monday, March 31, 2025
Cooking for One …The Perfect Egg
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, standing in the checkout line at the local market, a woman looked up and saw a man gazing longingly at her cart which was full of food. As he looked at the ...
Monday, March 31, 2025
How Can We Use Pictures at a Funeral?
Saying good-bye to someone you love is hard. Using pictures at the funeral of the person who died is a wonderful way to help tell a life story. There are a variety of ways to use photos.
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Monday, March 31, 2025
What is a Celebration of Life?
Do you have to be rich or famous to have a celebration of life?
The celebration of life is the personal or individual aspect of a funeral service. It is about the person who died. It is ab...
Monday, March 31, 2025
Saying thank-you to a Veteran
There are a million ways to say thank you. Great or small they all have value.
Decide to always just say thank you whenever you see a person in uniform.
When you see a person in u...
Monday, March 31, 2025
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Jewish Funeral Traditions
As we begin to learn more about religious practices outside of our own, it is sometimes surprising to find how much different faiths have in common. Mourners of all faiths understand the power of g...
Top Three Priorities for Those Who Are Grieving
When a person is in the midst of grief, taking care of themselves can get lost in the mayhem. There really are so many things to do. Eating well, exercise, and even sleep just don’t seem that impor...
Three Things to Include in Your Funeral Plan
Many people plan their own funeral in advance. They keep their plan on file at the funeral home of their choice so that everyone in their family knows exactly what to do when they die. Others choos...
Trouble Sleeping After A Loss
“The darkest hour is just before dawn,” or “Things will look better in the morning,” both are old sayings that could be interpreted in different ways. One theory holds those sayings refer t...
Thinking No Funeral? Think Again.
Maybe you’ve said it, or thought it? “I don’t need a funeral. You can just bury me in the backyard”. That’s the male version of negating the need for a funeral. But the sentiment is not unique to m...
