Funeral Home or Sky Burial? How Buddhists Say Goodbye
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Funeral Home or Sky Burial? How Buddhists Say Goodbye How do you imagine your funeral? Do you imagine being lowered into the ground in the presence of close friends and relatives? Do you imagine tearful speeches and reluctant goodbyes? It might surprise you that some people have a vastly different way of coping with the […]
Continue Reading Operation of a funeral home, Who and What It Takes
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Operation of a funeral home, Who and What It Takes People most often think of a funeral home in the event that a family member or relative has passed away. Rarely does it come up for any other reason. Who wants to think about death? Tragically, some people must think about it for a living. […]
Continue Reading Funeral homes in the 1800’s
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In the 19th century, there were no funeral homes, and most undertakers made furniture or cabinets. they expanded their lines to include caskets and wooden coffins. Then these entrepreneurs offered to “undertake” services for the grieving families, hence the term Undertaker. They would place the body in a casket, dig the grave, and refill it […]
Continue Reading Funeral Homes Are About More Than Passing
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Funeral Homes Are About More Than Passing Each of us is born with a uniqueness which allows us to live our lives as individuals. In the end however, we all meet in the great unknown. Burial services along with funeral homes offer comfort to the living as they pay their final respects. They also provide us a place to celebrate […]
Continue Reading Green Funerals in Columbia
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Green Funerals in Columbia Missouri might not be the first place you think of when going green, but many cities including Columbia have changed that. The amount of effort that the city and local businesses have put in creating green alternatives to products and services is impressive. It should not come as a surprise that […]
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