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Choosing a funeral provider

Choosing a Funeral Provider

By D.W. Newcomer’s Sons, Johnson County LIVING WELL Magazine
History is important…That’s why area families appreciate the fact that DW Newcomer’s Sons has been in the Kansas City market since 1893. We have had the privilege of serving tens of thousands of families (maybe your families’ needs) through our Johnson County Chapel and Cemetery, Overland Park Chapel, Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens and Oak Lawn Cemetery. […]

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Top 5 Myths of Funeral Services – Allen Family Funeral Options, LIVING WELL Magazine

Top 5 Myths of Funeral Service
By Rick Allen, Allen Family Funeral Options, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
For many years, the funeral industry has been veiled in a cloak of mystery and even fear about the entire process. People have had fears about the funeral industry for a couple of primary reasons. […]

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Families deciding together – Dannel Funeral Home, LIVING WELL Magazine,

Families Deciding Together
Courtesy Dannel Funeral Home, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
When a death occurs, families gather. Frequently, they must respond quite suddenly. Perhaps they travel long distances. In the midst of their grief, they must make approximately 300 decisions about services and disposition. Ideally, there are pre-arrangements that serve as an invaluable guide. So often, though, without knowing exact wishes, family members struggle with the right choices to honor their loved one and bring comfort to everyone else. […]

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Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries: Honor, remember loved ones through memorialization – LIVING WELL Magazine

Honor, remember loved ones through memorialization
Courtesy Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine

One of the most important services Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries has provided New Orleans-area families since it opened its doors in 1979 is helping people honor and remember the loved ones they have lost. […]

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Dannel Funeral Home talks respectfully nontraditional funerals – LIVING WELL Magazine

Respectfully Nontraditional

Courtesy Dannel Funeral Home, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
When Kathy Cope died at 70, her family knew they wanted to celebrate her life in a nontraditional way. They sought advice from Pat Dannel at Dannel Funeral Home, wanting to be appropriate in their plans, but also wanting to ensure a vibrant service that reflected Kathy’s exuberant personality.
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Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries on the growing popularity of cremation– LIVING WELL Magazine

Serving the community’s changing needs
Cremation popularity increases, memorialization options expand
Courtesy Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries has been serving the New Orleans community since 1979. Over those years, families’ funeral and cemetery preferences have changed, ever-evolving – like clothing fashions, hairstyles and music – to reflect each new generation’s choices. […]

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Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home on "What do I say to the children? – LIVING WELL Magazine

What Do I Say To The Children?
By Craig Mulkey, Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, South Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
One of the most difficult times in life is after the loss of a loved one. It can be hard to know what to say to someone when a death occurs. It is even more difficult when the person experiencing the loss is a child. How do you explain to them that grandma or grandpa is not here anymore? […]

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Dannel Funeral Home on Funerals as Celebrations – LIVING WELL Magazine

Funerals as Celebrations

Courtesy Dannel Funeral Home, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine

There are those for whom the comforts of traditional funeral arrangements bring a welcome sense of order and peace. Others imagine a more joyful, less somber occasion. There is a growing trend for personalized services that reflect what was unique, and beloved, about the deceased – funerals that help people remember and laugh, as well as remember and cry.
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