Cremation Services – Five Points to Consider
The family has made the decision to use cremation services for the loved one. That is a BIG decision, and a great starting point for the funeral preparations. For some families - that is it - issue closed. However, there are a few other factors that you may wish to...
San Diego Funerals – 5 Facts to Help You
Five Funeral Facts to HelpMany decisions that have to be made after the passing of a loved one. These 5 facts may make the decision process a bit less stressful and help you with making informed decisions regarding the San Diego funeral of your loved one. For sure...
Five Ways to Save on Funeral Expenses
loved one has died and you are the one to plan and pay for the funeral. Congratulations! After making several calls, you find a funeral home that you are comfortable working with. However, they tell you that they will require full...
What is Hospice Care?
Expensive Funerals – Ancient and Modern
Throughout history, there have been a fair share of elaborate, expensive funerals to honor royalty, celebrities and politicians. Beginning with the Egyptian pyramids, which were built as burial tombs for pharaohs, and continuing through the extravagant final events of...
Five Pieces of Advice from Those About to Die
Many articles have been written, and many lists have been made which try to capture the most important advice people who are about to die can give to others. Do not be at your own funeral with regrets! What is the most interesting is that no matter the...
Muslim Funeral Traditions
First there must be a distinction between the two primary sects both considered traditional Muslim yet hold different beliefs and traditions, yet for the sake of simplicity the Muslim funeral process has some commonality in...
Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease and its nasty counter-part, dementias have been in the news lately with the development of some optimistic and sad news. Right now if you are looking for information about the mysterious and incurable disease...
BioDegradable Urns Video
This video's topic is Biodegradable Cremation Urns. It is part of the video funeral series "Ask the Director". A rough transcript of the audio portion of this video is below. You may also turn on the captioning in the video by pressing the cc. Please share this video...
Fort Rosecrans, Forever in Memoriam
On May 6th 2014 Cyndie Taylor placed the cremated remains of her grandmother Mary Lazar into the last columbarium (UnionTribune Article) at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery here in San Diego, California. Mary’s first husband, Stalinslav Rossa was enlisted as a flight...
Alkaline Hydrolysis – The New Cremation
Alkaline Hydrolysis - Water CremationWhen we die the decision of what we would like done with our body has always come down to a choice between traditional burial and cremation. Our personal feelings about God (religion), Earth (burial) and Fire (cremation) have...
San Diego Cremation – Increasing in Demand
San Diego Cremation and Eternal Consecration Death is part of life and difficult decisions do not end with a death certificate, one of those important decisions is choosing how to eternally lie to rest a deceased loved ones body- usually a choice between casket burial...