Retail Caskets for Sale
If you are interested in supplying your own casket for an upcoming funeral this information may be helpful.
How To Host A Memorial Service At Home
There are many reasons, especially these days, why hosting a memorial service at home instead of in a more public or common space might be the best for you, your family, and grieving loved ones. There are a lot of things Read More →
Top 3 Things To Know If You’re Scattering Cremated Remains In California
A person’s cremated remains must be scattered by a licensed cemetery, cemetery broker, crematory, registered cremated remains disposer, funeral establishment staff member or a family member.
What Is Aquamation?
Aquamation – also known as biocremation, resomation, flameless cremation, and water cremation – uses alkaline hydrolysis to dispose of human or animal remains. Touted as an eco-friendly alternative to cremation, it uses a heated alkaline solution to break down the body, leaving behind only the skeleton.
Get Your Ducks in a Row!
The San Diego Memorial Society strongly encourages everyone to get their end-of-life affairs in order. Failure to do so can cause your survivors unnecessary stress, as well as potentially thousands of dollars of unnecessary expenses.
How to Write an Obituary
This article comes from FuneralHomes.com Losing a loved one is one of the most emotionally challenging things we can face in our lives. Writing an obituary can help us memorialize the life and legacy of a special person we lost, as Read More →
Death Away From Home
Death away from home brings a lot of questions. If you have a loved one who has passed in another state or country, we hope this article will help.
Pre-Need Questions and Answers
This article is from the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau of California Pre-need Q & A Read online Printer Friendly Version A guide to making advance funeral and cemetery arrangements. When you make funeral and cemetery arrangements in advance, you Read More →
6 Things Funeral Homes May Not Tell You
Updated and adapted from the book "1,001 Things They Won't Tell You: An Insider's Guide to Spending, Saving, and Living Wisely," by Jonathan Dahl and the editors of SmartMoney. Additionally edited by Andrea Barnes, San Diego Memorial Society, Sept. 19, 2021 Read More →
Death in One State and Need Burial in Another
I recently had a call from a fellow in Ohio who wants to be buried with his family in San Diego. He told me he has no family or friends to help out with things at the end. So, it was Read More →