How to Write a Sympathy Card
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A sympathy card is a nice way to offer support and express your condolences to people who are suffering a loss. You can send a sympathy card even if you did not know the deceased if you are close to members of that person’s family, or if you were close to the deceased but don’t […]
Continue Reading Why a Memorial Service Matters
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For many of us, the loss of a loved one is extraordinarily difficult. The emotions we experience, added to helping those closest to us cope with their grief, can make loss feel insurmountable to even the strongest among us. Because of this, it can be tempting to postpone, or simply decide against, having a memorial service […]
Continue Reading Consumer Rights – Five Ways Funeral Directors Can Bully Their Customers
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Consumer Rights Five Ways Funeral Directors Can Bully Their Customers by Caleb Wilde in Consumer Rights © 2006 Gregory Veen, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio There are bullies in every business. In the funeral industry — because of the customers emotional vulnerability and the fact that the purchases are often of high value […]
Continue Reading Tips for Writing Tasteful and Memorable Obituaries
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By: Mike Hepburn Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Writing an obituary is an honour and one to be undertaken with reverence, but it is also a chance for the deceased to speak one last time and to be remembered forever. If you have to write an obit, look for small details from the deceased’s life. Ask […]
Continue Reading What Most People Don’t Know or Can’t Fathom About Cremation
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Creative Ways to Approach the Inevitable: A Blog by NYC Funeral Director Amy Cunningham Cremation does not replace the funeral. You can still have a funeral with the body present before the cremation, or a memorial service with an urn there afterwards. If a cremation is planned–and a wake, formal funeral or identification of the […]
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