Article originally published. The funerals I’ve attended have all been very much the same. Relatives and friends arrive in all black and take seats in the church or synagogue pews for a somber ceremony where prayers are said, memories are shared and tears are shed. The attendees walk slowly out […]
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Lessons Crowdfunded Funerals Can Teach Us
What happens when you combine a lack of transparency in pre-planning, record high funeral costs and a general fear of discussing mortality in the U.S.? A lot of people trying to scramble together funds for an unexpected funeral. Traditionally, when a family loses a loved one, everyone hands over their […]
Continue ReadingEbola Guidelines Pose Challenges For Funeral Industry
The Ebola virus has only killed one person on U.S. soil, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued protocols for how to deal with victims’ bodies to avoid new infections. via. Funeral Guys Bow Tie Health care workers in the United States are not the only ones confused over […]
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Volunteers honor unclaimed remains of forgotten veterans
“Many of veterans here today were lost, never forgotten,” Salanti said.
About seven years ago, Salanti discovered a problem: The remains of thousands indigent and forgotten veterans left on shelves in funeral homes and cemeteries.
“We fail,” Salanti said. “How can we have people, thousands of thousands — and I’m telling you that we have one funeral that gave us four thousand, two funeral homes two thousand — how can they have that many unclaimed remains and urns sitting on their shelves?”
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CONFESSIONS OF A FUNERAL DIRECTOR – Caleb Wilde TEDx TALK
Caleb Wilde’s TEDx Talk: Embracing Death Caleb Wilde is a sixth generation licensed and practicing undertaker and embalmer. He also has a grad degree in Theology and is doing post grad work on death, religion and culture. Caleb runs the “Confessions of a Funeral Director” blog. He’s the last person […]
Continue ReadingSpringfield Funeral Home will host its first fireworks show using cremated remains
Who doesn’t love a firework show? People have gone all out using them at their parties and weddings, but what about a funeral? Why not take it a step further and have your loved one be apart of them, literally…
Continue ReadingThe 10 Best and 10 Worst Things to Say to Someone in Grief
Many of us have said “The Best” and “The Worst.” We meant no harm, in fact the opposite. We were trying to comfort. A grieving person may say one of the worst ones about themselves and it’s OK.