Funeral home

Stewart Enterprises Inc. was a funeral and cemetery service company. A man named Albert Stewart in 1910 in New Orleans established this company. Albert Stewart was an owner of a real estate business called Acme Realty Company. Through his real estate business Albert purchased three cemeteries called St. Vincent de Paul and a St. Vincent de Paul shop that built cemetery monuments for graves. As time went by Albert Stewart and his sons joined the real estate company and the cemetery company…

What are the different things to keep in mind while ordering for funeral flowers? Life is a play we all are actors in, it starts with the grand entry with our birth and ends with the sad exit of the soul! Whatever happens in between is our credit for which we will be remembered long after we are gone. As a part of the funeral rites, many communities use intricate floral decorations to symbolize the importance of the person whose soul will rest…

There are many ways a you can help your loved ones from beyond the grave. Planning ahead for death and the process of dying will reduce stress and leave time for loved ones to grieve. Allowing someone the rights to make healthcare decisions on your behalf is a legal written document called Durable power of attorney health care. This person is able to speak for you in situations where you are unable. For example, if a person is in coma or too ill to understand or speak for themselves, then they…

Washington Memorial Funeral Home is one of the most respected and trusted funeral homes in the greater New Haven area. While they pride themselves on professionalism and high quality customer service they know that those two things alone aren’t enough to be successful in a sensitive business like funeral planning. When people call Washington Memorial Funeral Home it’s usually on the heels of losing someone close to them, and for that reason grief counseling often goes hand in hand with funeral…

In my experience of touring Johnson Funeral Home in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota; I learned many things that I was not aware of that made the funeral process very respectable and interesting. While working in a nursing home, I have assisted funeral home employees as they came to pick up the deceased, but I never realized how many different considerations one must take for the ritual of dying. The Johnson Funeral Home staff was extremely friendly and accommodating to all my questions. The staff…

receives from working at Ray’s Funeral Home? Matt has benefits from working at Ray’s Funeral Home but also has doubts from working there. Seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he has been through it all until he meets a girl who has been through worse. The funeral home is a place where he can deal with the horrible grief of his mother’s death. Matt wears his black suit everyday, even to school, so he can go straight to work after school. Wearing his suit allows him to attend funerals without people…

Funeral planning is an emotional time, and it can be downright overwhelming if you don’t know what to expect. Although you have a million questions for your funeral director, the compassionate staff at Shorten & Ryan Funeral Home in Mason, OH believes there are three key things you should find out before the process starts. For years, the funeral home has been helping clients throughout the Cincinnati area navigate every aspect of funeral preparation. To ensure your dearly departed gets the…

people think of a funeral director, they think of a compassionate professional who can assist with the funeral and burial services when a loved one passes. According to Porto Funeral Homes in New Haven County, many don’t realize that these trusted experts are also trained administrators. As such, a funeral director can be your go-to resource for completing documentation properly. Whether you have some paperwork already in order or you are starting from scratch, Porto Funeral Homes is committed…

As an employee of James Funeral Home I have learned how little the majority of the culture knows about preparing and processing their deceased loved ones. As an insider, my interest was piqued into the past mortuary practices of cultures; and also the cultural differences in these practices today. These changes throughout history, and differences today, speak to what cultures truly value and give insight into social hierarchy, family structure and social support…

1st and 2nd Century, there was a careful balance of the respect held for the dead and the fear involved, as they believed that the dead had the power to introduce negativity to the air around them, if treated disrespectfully. As a result of this, funeral rites were well followed and were carried out by those from all walks of society, whether rich…