Prospect Community Funeral Home

12/21/2025

12/15/2025

“We waited for letters — and treasured every word.”

Waiting used to be part of life.

Not the impatient kind of waiting we know now—but the quiet kind.
The kind that taught you patience without ever naming it.

We waited for letters.

Days passed.
Sometimes weeks.
And when the mail finally arrived, it mattered.

We recognized handwriting from across the room.
We opened envelopes carefully, like something fragile lived inside.
We read every word slowly—sometimes more than once.

Letters weren’t rushed.

They carried updates, worries, jokes, apologies, and love—all folded into a few pages. There was no delete button. No rewrite. You chose your words carefully because they had to last the distance.

We saved them.

In drawers.
In boxes.
Between book pages.

Not because we were sentimental—but because words meant something when they took effort to arrive.

A letter could change your entire day.
Sometimes your entire week.

It made you feel remembered.
It reminded you that someone, somewhere, had taken time to sit down and think of you.

Now messages arrive instantly.
And disappear just as fast.

But those letters stayed.

They taught us how to listen.
How to wait.
How to value connection over convenience.

And even now, years later, I can still hear the sound of an envelope opening—
and remember what it felt like to hold someone’s thoughts in my hands.

We waited for letters.

And because of that,
we learned how to treasure every word.

12/15/2025

ATTENTION WATERBURY & NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES

If you need water, Community Funeral Home wants to help! Please call us at (203) 758-3000 to schedule a pickup time. Bring your own containers (limitations may apply). Location: 72 Waterbury Road, Prospect, right next to the Post Office.

If you are not effected by the water crisis but know someone who may be, please share our contact information with them.

12/11/2025

The toys from our toy drive have been delivered to Toys For Tots.
Thank you to everyone who donated to help make a child's Christmas more special. We appreciate your kindness and generosity.

Thank you also to George Albanese, a member of our funeral home family, for being our delivery elf.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We hope that everyone is blessed with the greatest blessings for you and your families

12/04/2025

Community Funeral Home is happy to be able to be a sponsor of the food for Naugatuck Senior Center Christmas Luncheon today along with Jessalyn Pito of JP Maven Insurance Benefits and Ken George of Cuckoo Kenny's Catering.

We hope that everyone had a great time and enjoyed the delicious meal that Cuckoo Kenny cooked for you.

It is so nice to be able to, along with so many other great businesses and organizations, support the residents of the communities that we serve.

We wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Blessed New Year.

12/04/2025

Top 10 Poems for a Funeral Ceremony

Reading a poem at the funeral can be a great way to honor your loved one's life. Here are 10 great poems you can read at a funeral.

11/30/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended and so generously contributed to our Community Funeral Home Toys For Tots Toy Drive.

Thanks to your kindness and generosity we will be delivering over 250 toys and stuffed animals to the United States Marine Corps Toys For Tots.

We wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.