Some family members enjoy keeping ashes close to themselves. Cremation keepsake pendants hold a small amount of your loved one's ashes to carry close to your heart.
Where does my pre-need money go? Monthly Pre-planned or Pre-funded funeral payments are deposited into the accounts of an insurance company or trust account. When death occurs, the mortuary files a claim on the policy to receive payment. It is illegal for a mortuary to deposit your money directly into its own business accounts. This is how the law protects your money.
You must do the things you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt
It's not an enjoyable Christmas for everyone, try to honor your loved one by lighting a candle or setting up a small memorial in your home. Do this every year, one day you will look back at the time that's passed and be glad that you can remember what you did for Christmas.
A memorial dvd may be playing during a memorial service or visitation/wake
memorialization may be done in many forms....
Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. — Cicero
"Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."--Thomas Edison
An unexamined life is not worth living. - Socrates
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. - Epictetus
The technical term for "ashes" is "cremated remains," some people will call them "cremains" and this is incorrect.
Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. - Emily Dickinson
The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. - Lao Tzu
Memorial services can be non-traditional for many people. Blue skies forever, Woody.
Traditional burials usually include viewing the deceased, but you may opt to skip viewing and only meet at the cemetery for the committal service; this is called a "graveside service."
Military Veterans who earn an honorable discharge are eligible for interment at a national cemetery, grave space for a spouse is included, with a headstone and concrete grave liner. A photo copy of the Veteran's DD214 (discharge form) is required.