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Honoring a Life
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Attending a Funeral
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Youth and Funerals
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Planning in Advance
How to Begin
Why Plan in Advance
The Arrangement Conference
Bill of Rights for Preplanning
Have the Talk of a Lifetime
Prefunding Options
Preneed Contracts
Other Considerations
Ask a Funeral Expert
Honoring a Life
Value of a Service
Value of a Viewing
Value of a Funeral Director
Have the Talk of a Lifetime
Start the Conversation
Attending a Funeral
Supporting Loved Ones
About Funeral Service
History of the Funeral
Funeral Service Terms
Legacy Films & Film Making
Planning a Service
When a Death Occurs
When a Death Occurs - Checklist
Death in a Hospital or Nursing Home
Death at Home
Death Out of State or Country
When a Loved One Dies Tragically
How to Begin
What to Expect
Required Documentation
The Arrangement Conference
The Obituary
Special Considerations
Service Options
Making it Meaningful
Writing a Eulogy
Celebrants
Green Funerals
Veterans
Burial & Cremation
Burial
Cremation
Embalming
Cemeteries
Youth and Funerals
Discussing Death and Funerals
Youth Involvement in Memorialization
Preparing Youth for Funeral Attendance
Preparing Youth for Viewing Loved Ones
Continue to Connect
Financial Arrangements
Being an Informed Consumer
Pet Services
Honoring Your Pet
Ask a Funeral Expert
After the Funeral
After A Death Checklist
Self-care
Self-care Box
Share Your Story
Shared Stories
Grief
Understanding Grief
Grief and the Holidays
Sudden / Tragic Death
Suicide
Anticipatory Grief
Types of Loss
Parent
Spouse
Sibling
Child
Friend
Coworker
Pet
Supporting Others
Family and Friends
Children and Teens
Find Support
Support Groups
Grief Camps for Children
Find a Funeral Home
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One of the most meaningful ways you can help others (even complete strangers) honor their loved ones is by reading their stories.
The Last 30 Miles
Gail from Shorewood, WI, US posted on July 11, 2019
I had always heard that having a loved one die by suicide is extremely difficult, but, as with many things in life, you don’t truly understand it until you experience it yourself. It’s a club to whic
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Honoring Mom
Connie from Hartland, WI, US posted on April 09, 2019
My mom was in her 90s, and I knew her death was getting closer. It could be one year away or maybe more, but I knew it would come before my heart or head were ready. I began reflecting on all the
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Who Rescued Who?
Sara M. from Brookfield, WI, US posted on February 28, 2019
It was a cool October day when Vivian arrived at her ‘forever’ home. Being a rescue dog who had never met me; I wondered what would happen if we didn’t get along. That thought quickly escaped my min
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Keeping My Mom Close to Me
Julie Bernard from Waukesha, WI, US posted on February 12, 2019
I lost my mother in 2017 after a long battle with Parkinson’s and other effects of old age. My parents and most of extended family live in Minnesota. The last few years of her life as the progressio
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Friend, Maple Tree
Carol-Jo from New Berlin, WI, US posted on February 05, 2019
Hello, Maple Tree. As you stand there in your lofty grandeur; brightly glowing, basking in the fall sunlight. Colored leaves catching the gentle breeze and landing at my feet I wonder if you know. Do
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