Liechty Funeral Home

Liechty Funeral Home Funeral Home established in 2019 by Brayden Liechty

12/25/2025

If you’re grieving this holiday season, chances are your children are too. 💛

They may be wondering:
“If we aren’t going to Grandma’s, what will we do instead?”
“How will we cut down the Christmas tree without Dad?”
“Who’s going to make our special Christmas breakfast?”

Kids feel sadness, loneliness, and anger just as deeply as adults—sometimes even more. As you plan for the holidays, think about how you can prepare them for the changes ahead and help them express what they’re feeling. 🫶

🗣️ Talk with them ahead of time. Author Lois Rabey shared how she approached her children: “Before the season started, I said, ‘We’re going to do the best we can and celebrate what the season’s about, even though Daddy’s gone. … This will feel different. You may feel sad. Come talk to me, and we’ll work through it with God’s help.’” Honest conversations—spoken with love—give kids security and permission to feel.

🎄 Include them in the planning. Ask your children: Which traditions matter most? What decorations feel important this year? What new ideas would they enjoy if a usual activity feels overwhelming? Counselor Dr. Paul Tautges explains, “Involving your children teaches them that in grief, we all have to take small steps in working through it.”

💬 Help them express their emotions. Kids don’t always put their feelings into words. Their grief may show up as misbehavior, irritability, unusual quietness, or withdrawal. Counselor Dr. Brad Hambrick encourages parents to simply be near:
“One of the best things we can do is be in the room with them… so the thoughts moving through their minds get the opportunity to spill out through their mouths.”
Share gently about your own feelings, and then pause and listen—really listen.

❤️“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything… Then you will experience God’s peace… His peace will guard your hearts and minds.”
— Philippians 4:6–7 (NLT)

🙏Take a moment and pray this prayer: Lord, caring for my children is so hard when I’m hurting too. Give me strength to guide them in healthy grieving, and help them know Your comfort and love. 💛

Reflection:➡️ How will you open the lines of communication with your children—or help them connect with a safe adult who can listen?

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The holidays can bring joy—and they can also bring worry. Please know that you’re never alone. Stillwater Hospice is here for you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
When you call us at (260) 435-3222 or (800) 288-4111, a caring voice will always answer. It’s what we’ve been doing, with compassion and heart, since 1888.
If you or someone you love needs hospice or palliative care, our dedicated team is ready to walk alongside you and your family—today and every day.

12/05/2025

Special Yoga Series for Grief: Getting Through the Holiday Season

Though everyone must navigate loss throughout our lives, we often feel lost and isolated in our grief. Then, here come the holidays. It can be overwhelming and intense when you are missing “your person.” But we are not alone in this experience. Just as anyone can do gentle yoga, everyone experiences grief and can heal from it with compassion and support.

We are offering a 2-hour workshop on a Saturday from 3-5 pm on December 13.

This workshop will be similar to, but not identical, to the very successful Grief Workshop we held in November. If you came to the November session, you are very welcome to come in December as well. If you could not make it November, that will not make the December workshop any less helpful. (There will also be a third session on Saturday, January 10, which we will announce separately nearer that time.)

Each session will include a gentle, highly intentional practice of movement, breathwork, guided meditation, and relaxation. We will allow grief to move through the body, mind, and spirit with care and self-compassion. After roughly 75-85 minutes of practice, we will hold space for reflection and sharing as much or as little as desired for whomever wishes to participate.

Sessions will be led by Lesa Rae Vartanian, Ph.D., developmental psychologist and death educator for over 25 years. She will provide some brief grief education to help normalize and understand what you may be experiencing, along with some take-home resources that can help us get through this often challenging, but still beautiful time.

No previous yoga experience is needed—please come as you are, wherever you are in your grief journey (and wherever you are in your yoga practice). This is a supportive space where our grief is acknowledged and honored. Donations to Erin’s House for Grieving Children will be gratefully accepted in lieu of any class fees.

You can sign up for the workshop in MindBody or at the studio.

If you have questions about the workshops, please do not hesitate to let us know by email at simplyyogafw@gmail.com or by text at 260 710 6428

11/20/2025

We're looking forward to seeing you on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the beautiful and historic Baker Street Train Station in downtown Fort Wayne for the 40th annual Holiday Memorial Service and Tree Lighting. This moving annual event provides a moment to remember our loved ones as the holiday season begins.

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