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08/29/2025

It’s fitting that Jules Verne, father of science fiction, would have a dark, otherworldly gravestone. Two years after his death, a sculpture was erected atop his marker. Designed by sculptor Albert Roze, and using the actual death mask of the writer, the statue depicts the shrouded figure of Jules Verne breaking his own tombstone and emerging from the grave.

08/28/2025

08/26/2025

Let someone who is grieving know you care. Sympathy gifts and condolence flowers may seem like a small thing, but to a friend or relative who is mourning, they can mean a lot. Show your support with a heartfelt gesture—and don’t forget the card.

Sympathy gifts and condolence flowers can mean a lot to a friend or relative who is grieving. Get ideas on the Dignity Memorial website.

08/22/2025

During her career in the search and rescue division of the Mexican Navy, Frida the rescue dog assisted first responders in major disasters in Haiti and Ecuador, and across Mexico. Even in retirement, she continued her service by training other dogs before she died on November 15, 2022. On November 24, 2022, the Navy held a memorial service attended by Frida’s human and canine colleagues. Her urn was placed in the base of her statue at Naval headquarters, serving as a monument to her memory.

08/20/2025

Many of us will become a caregiver at some point in our lives. The stress and strain of caregiving can take a toll on your health. It’s important to find ways to care for yourself while caring for others. Depending on your circumstances, some self-care strategies may be more difficult to carry out than others. Choose what works for you.

Many of us will end up becoming a caregiver at some point in our lives, helping others who can’t fully care for themselves. But caregivers can face their own health risks.

08/18/2025

Like everything else, end-of-life services change with the times. Though traditional funerals, rich with cultural and religious customs, are still very much preferred by some, the preference for less strict, more relaxed celebrations has gone from trend to convention.

Like everything else, funerals change every year. From alternatives to cremation and burials to celebrations of life, here are the top trends for 2025.

08/15/2025

The Bo people, a community who lived in China's Sichuan and Yunnan regions, overlooking the longest river in Asia, were referred to "sons of the cliffs." The tribe vanished, but it left behind the Hanging Coffins of Asia. There is no confirmed explanation for these cliffside burials, but theorists believe they could have been a way for the bodies to be nearer to God or avoid being broken apart by wild animals. https://bit.ly/3xXiFUv

08/12/2025

Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about death certificates, including how to get one and how long you can expect the process to take.

Visit the Dignity Memorial website to learn how to get a death certificate, what you will need one for after a loved one passes and more.

08/08/2025

As the name suggests, the Merry Cemetery is filled with wildly colorful grave markers that often depict scenes from the lives of the deceased. The goal is to create a true representation of the departed's life.

08/07/2025

Celebrate the life of Jody Crotwell, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of R. J. Fahy Funeral Home.

08/06/2025

Meet three women — all very much alive — who’ve pre-planned their funerals to insulate their families from financial hardship and added stress.

Meet three women – all very much alive – who’ve pre-planned their funerals to insulate their families from financial hardship.