Unclaimed cremated remains is a growing dilemma for funeral homes.  For various reason, families will choose not to pick up the remains of their loved one after cremation.  Despite our best efforts to contact the next-of-kin / informant, our funeral home probably houses about 50 such unclaimed cremated remains (larger funeral homes may have upwards […]

Many of you have probably seen the movie “Wedding Crashers”.  At the very end Will Ferrell’s character decides to quit crashing weddings, but takes it up a notch by crashing funerals.  I’ve always known that some people “just show up” to funerals for the food, or simply because they enjoy funerals (yes, these people exist). […]

  These personalized beads are made by Dream Glass of Canada.  They contain cremated remains and, as you can see, are personalized with pictures/art that represent the deceased.  These specific beads were made for a precious teenage girl. This is an absolutely fantastic way to memorialize a loved one as it displays beauty in the midst […]

When Mozart passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Mozart was buried.  Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it. The priest bent close to the […]