What To Do When a Loved One Passes Away at Home

What To Do When a Loved One Passes Away at Home

Keeping our sick loved ones at home is becoming a more common occurrence.  Consequently, our society is experiencing more deaths of loved ones in the home.  This can be very upsetting, especially if you don’t know what to do when it happens.  While we can never be...
What is a Celebration of Life

What is a Celebration of Life

When a loved one passes away, one of the first decisions that needs to be made is what kind of service you want to hold to honor your loved one.  Do you want the traditional funeral service or would you rather have a celebration of life?  The main difference between a...
How to Travel Ashes out of the United States

How to Travel Ashes out of the United States

Many individuals make specific requests regarding where they’d like to have their ashes be scattered or distributed.  Alternatively, close family members may decide where to scatter the ashes.  The location may be within the community, within the district, within the...
What is the Difference between a Funeral and a Memorial

What is the Difference between a Funeral and a Memorial

In the past, most families chose to hold a more traditional funeral service after the death of a loved one.  However, this is changing in today’s society as cremation becomes a more popular choice and families choose to hold a more personalized memorial service...
What are the Largest Expenses of a Funeral

What are the Largest Expenses of a Funeral

People are regularly surprised by how much a funeral costs.  It is easy to spend $10,000 on a basic funeral or even more if you want more than just the basics. Funeral Costs Funeral Home Most funeral homes charge a basic services fee which includes those services that...
What are the Largest Expenses of Death

What are the Largest Expenses of Death

Death is inevitable and, unfortunately, so are the costs associated with it.  In fact, the costs of dying are increasing at even a greater rate than the costs of living. Costs Related to Funeral or Cremation Many people are shocked when they start looking into the...