Funeral Etiquette Tips No one ever wants to stand out as rude or improper, especially at such a serious occasion as a funeral or memorial service in a funeral parlor. But many times, whether it is because of the uneasiness of the situation, the emotionality of everything, or just the fact we have not been… View Article
Why Funerals? Most people often say they just don’t like going to a funeral, or that they have trouble with funerals. It’s completely understandable because it’s often considered a macabre ritual that’s unnecessary. But before we offend someone’s family by not attending a funeral, let’s first try to understand why we have funerals and why… View Article
Hindu Funerals Despite the Hindu religion having over 1 billion followers, many Americans have never experienced a funeral for a person with Hindu beliefs. So if you’re going to a Hindu funeral for the first time, you’re not alone in wondering what you should expect. Paying your respect at the funeral of a friend or… View Article
Writing Sympathy Letters When someone experiences a death in the family or the loss of a loved one, writing a sympathy letter or sharing your thoughts on a sympathy card can be greatly appreciated by those grieving. But finding the right words to help comfort someone after they’ve lost a loved one is always a… View Article
Attending a Jewish Funeral for The First Time When we find out a loved one has died, and we want to go pay our respects to them at a funeral, we’re often dealing with sadness and grief. So when we realize it’s a funeral for a religion, we might not be familiar with, there’s a… View Article
Attending a Catholic Funeral For the First Time Going to a Catholic funeral for the first time might cause some to be concerned, which is common when dealing with something unknown, much less something unfamiliar surrounding the death of a friend or family member. As a funeral home, our job is to help guide and… View Article
Aging Parents Final Wishes Caring for our aging parents is a task many of us are asked to do – and one many of us are happy to do, considering the years they took care of us, from infancy through adolescence. Unfortunately, switching these two roles around is not an easy one for aging parents… View Article
Customizing Caskets One of the more interesting trends in funerals in the 2000’s is the ability to customize a casket and funeral for a specific person. But first, one has to consider pre-planning their own funeral in order to customize a casket and funeral for their own wishes. Although, many people also choose to do… View Article
Plan for the Future In life, we’re often tasked with having difficult discussions with family members. But in nearly every case, those discussions involve things that are for their own good. When you’re a caregiver taking care of an aging parent, these talks take on even more weight because discussing their mortality might be involved…. View Article
The Passing of a Loved One When a loved one dies, we’re suddenly saddled with emotions and grief, but we’re also responsible for accomplishing several tasks. If you’re a family member just passed, you have to take care of some critical items in order for the funeral to take place, which in turn allows for others… View Article
Famous Celebrity Funerals It’s always sad when we hear about a celebrity’s death, watching the news memorialize them makes us think back to how that person — whether they were a musician, actor/actress or something else that made them famous — affected our lives. We think about how their art might have inspired us or… View Article
Dealing with the Death of a Loved One The death of a loved one is always a traumatic moment in our lives, but it’s usually something we all have to go through several times in our lives. But it never truly seems to get easier to do, since each person we lose is special in… View Article