Plan for the Inevitable
Planning your funeral in advance should be a natural part of life, as it gives you time to make end-of-life decisions in an atmosphere of calm and reason. Start the online planning process today or meet with one of our pre-planning consultants. It makes sense.
Celebrity Funerals That Made History
There are many funeral traditions that all nations adhere to. However, when it comes to the death of a famous person, in most cases funerals are held according to other scenarios. In this article, we will discuss several such ceremonies.
What Do I Need To Know About Embalming?
Embalming of the body is a complex of procedures over the body of a deceased person before placing him in a coffin and burial, in order to inhibit the processes of decomposition. Embalming the body is done by injecting embalming solutions.
How to preserve memories of a loved one
The passing of a loved one is a real tragedy that takes an incredible amount of strength and time to process and accept. Grief will torment the soul, but gradually the pain will become less and the memory of the deceased person will fade. How do we make sure that the image of someone who was so loved remains in our heart forever?
Floral etiquette at funerals: how and what flowers to choose
Flowers are a sign of deep sympathy and respect for the departed loved one. There is a certain flower etiquette that should be followed in such situations.
How to compose a speech for a ceremony
Of particular importance in the funeral ritual is the mourning, ritual speech. In the process of mourning events, the central place is taken by the ceremony of farewell, the main element of which is also the eulogy. Its purpose is to create an atmosphere of farewell, to convey to people who come to say goodbye the main positive information about the life of the deceased. Usually the funeral speech contains descriptions of significant events in the life of the deceased person, important memories of him, the key traits of his character, his lifetime achievements.
What a funeral director does
After the death of a loved one, people are in shock and in prostration. Such people need not only psychological help, but also physical help. There is a profession of ritual agent for this purpose.
What do I need to know about funeral homes?
When a person loses a loved one, they are in an extremely vulnerable emotional state. He or she needs support and encouragement, but first and foremost he or she needs to think about how to arrange a funeral. Funeral homes have staff, equipment and special facilities designed to help the loved ones of the deceased with organization.
How to choose funeral clothes for the deceased
When you need to choose clothes for the person who has passed away, draw on everything you know about them and think about what kind of clothes they might have chosen for themselves. If you feel that you cannot cope with this task because it is too hard for you and you are very busy preparing for the ceremony, ask for help from loved ones, consult with them or talk to the director of the funeral home. You will be supported and helped.
How to write an obituary correctly?
The obituary emerged as a genre of newspaper journalism. It was a notification of the death of a recently deceased person. The obituary was widely practiced as an announcement in the workplace and, in European countries, on the streets in public places — near churches and in market squares.
5 reasons to publish an obituary
An important element of human culture aimed at experiencing loss is a set of certain rituals. Among them are all the rituals that are associated with farewell. After all, if grief does not find its way outwardly, it can "burn" the grieving person from within. Personal grief is a deeply intimate feeling and therefore, as if as a counterbalance to it, a demonstrative publicity of rituals of farewell to the deceased has historically developed. The occasion for an obituary is, first of all, the very news of a person's death, even if it comes to us late, any length of time after the moment of death.
How to dress for a funeral
Free style of dress has become customary in all situations, including at work. Nowadays, a strict dress code is observed quite rarely. But what is the case when it comes to funerals? Should we wear strict black suits and laconic black dresses to funerals, or do the old rules no longer work for them?