by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 29, 2016 | Death, Funeral music, Funerals, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
Every week I hear a favorite new thing someone’s experienced at a funeral. Tonight it was Frank Sinatra playing at a funeral service (in a church, no less.) (And I don’t mean Frank himself, just to be clear.) And later, Dean Martin was played. People got...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 22, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Preplanning your funeral
My friend Terry had 35 people at her monthly Death Cafe tonight here in Doylestown, PA. 35 people who want to talk about death. At the public library, in a small(ish) town, of their own accord. I would take this as a pretty good indicator of how much people are not...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 22, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Preplanning your funeral
My friend Terry had 35 people at her monthly Death Cafe tonight here in Doylestown, PA. 35 people who want to talk about death. At the public library, in a small(ish) town, of their own accord. I would take this as a pretty good indicator of how much people are not...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 15, 2016 | Burial, Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
That’s the phrase which summed up David Bowie’s funeral plans. As the media is reporting, he presumably had a “direct cremation,” which means there was no service or viewing. The body is taken to the crematory, where often the the crematory...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 15, 2016 | Burial, Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
That’s the phrase which summed up David Bowie’s funeral plans. As the media is reporting, he presumably had a “direct cremation,” which means there was no service or viewing. The body is taken to the crematory, where often the the crematory...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 8, 2016 | Burial, funeral costs, Funeral Homes, Funerals, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized
Ever known of someone who went into debt because of funeral costs? Or just overpaid (while being under satisfied), because they thought there was no way around it? It’s not uncommon to hear people complain about the high costs of funerals, yet there are ways to manage...