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Many of us do not attend funerals regularly, so it can be hard to know what to say and do to comfort friends or family in their time of need. Here are some frequently asked questions about funerals, visitations, and expressing sympathy. What is the difference between a funeral &…...

A United States flag is provided, at no cost, to drape the casket or accompany the urn of a deceased veteran who served honorably in the U. S. Armed Forces.  It is furnished to honor the memory of a veteran's military service to his or her country. VA will furnish…...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) furnishes upon request, at no charge to the applicant, a Government headstone or marker for the unmarked grave of any deceased eligible veteran in any cemetery around the world, regardless of their date of death.   For eligible veterans that died on or after…...

It is very common to receive a printed program when attending a funeral service. This program, often referred to as an obituary or funeral program, is a small brochure that usually contains a tribute to the deceased and details of what will take place during the funeral or memorial service.…...

You may have heard the term “The Five Stages of Grief” before. It is a widely accepted model for how we deal with grief developed by Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. She introduced her model in the 1969 book, “On Death and Dying. The Five Stages of Grief”. “The Stages” theory…...

When we think about our final disposition method, many of us immediately turn to traditional burial. However, more and more people are choosing cremation as a final disposition method. There are many factors that have attributed to the rise in cremation from cost to claustrophobia, from religious considerations to the…...