Funeral

once we have lost a loved one to move on positively from the grief? In most cases, funerals are exceptional in sending off their loved one in peace and comfort. Funerals are ceremonies honoring a deceased person, typically involving burial or cremation. However, funerals can become overly costly and exhausting, that an individual may not be able to send their loved one away in comfort and peace. I believe that funerals are a way to resolve grief, have closure from the tragic loss, moving on to…

didn’t think anything of it. Little did I know I would run into those responders again that night. It was about seven thirty when my phone range, and I looked down to see it was my boss calling. Naturally at this point (I had been working for the funeral home for a little over a year and a half) I was not surprised to be called in, as I did the majority of our evening removals. She was shy of voice, and for someone who is as seasoned a she, I knew something terrible had happened. She struggled…

all you can see is the price of the bill continuing to rise. Funerals are expensive not matter the path you choose. When you begin looking at the comparison between a traditional funeral and cremation options, you begin to notice one big thing… the number of zeros that follow the dollar sign. When things are said and done you have three options: a traditional funeral, direct cremation, and a cremation service. While a traditional funeral and direct cremation are total opposites, they do share…

The design style of the funeral industry is changing as the upcoming generation. The traditional style was fine for the previous generation by as the upcoming generation trend is more about experience rather than looking at the price of the product. Existing funeral houses in the area are traditional style transitioning into the modern style slowly. Most haven’t been updated fully in the modern style. Funeral homes still resemble a home like interior. The new funeral homes have to have the same…

Leocardia Valcarcel “Never fear the dead, it’s the living that will hurt you” Charlene Vincent at the age of 24, has been in the funeral services business four years and counting. Being an administrative assistant at Ross-Roden funeral home has not been easy for her. Due to her lack of knowledge of this profession, being straight out of high school and in need of employment. A fellow sister of the church she attended informed her that her sibling was looking to hire at Ross-Roden. That’s when…

Thompson has worked in the funeral home business since the year 1987. Which means Mr. Thompson has been in the funeral home business for thirty years. He is the director at the West Resthaven Funeral Home. Mr. Marty Thompson developed his interests in the funeral home business when he was young. It started off for him by cutting grass at a cemetery in Ohio. After, events in his life just caused him to continue down that career path. They saw many changes in the funeral industry in the…

not only experience how a career works, but why a career is necessary. I opted to do my internship at Genda Funeral Homes Incorporated. This afforded me the opportunity to work with a group of people that helped run four funeral homes. Over the course of the week I participated in running funeral homes in Frankfort, Rossville, and Mulberry Indiana. During my week interning at the Genda Funeral Home locations I had the great privilege of experiencing many new things and seeing things from a…

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…

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…

The answer is the Catholic funeral is denied to that person. History of catholic cremation The early days, if a Christian chose to be cremated after death, it implied that they no longer believed in the resurrection or they were scoffing at it. Christians especially detested that…