grief release
For those of you readers who are not funeral directors, have you attended a funeral in the last six months? I haven’t. . . . and I cannot remember when the last time I attended a funeral was. Truth be told, since I have left full-time funeral directing and management, I have chosen to go…
Read MoreThis is a really difficult topic, but one that needs to be thought about. This article, entitled “Lack of collective mourning shows way pandemic has altered grief“, appeared in Sunday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune. It is thought provoking and gets to the essence of why modern funeral directors exist — to care for the living. It…
Read MoreAccording to this article in the Examiner Live from the United Kingdom, British funeral directors from the West Yorkshire area, that area administrated by the Kirklees Council, are disappointed that the Kirklees Council has taken a position that no mourners may be present at the crematorium for services of a loved one. The article states,…
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