Ball & Dodd Funeral Home

10/14/2025

Life has a soundtrack. From the time we are children, music finds its way into our days and nights and links us to important moments. It brings us joy and comfort. Whether classical or gospel, mournful or uplifting, funeral music should reflect the personal preferences, religious traditions and cultural aspects of the person being remembered.

Funeral songs set the atmosphere for a memorial service or celebration of life. Find the best funeral music, religious or secular, to honor your loved one.

10/07/2025

10/06/2025

If you want to see a heart-warming story, watch this piece called “Bringing Dorothy Home” by in New Orleans. Through tenacious and with the help of several organizations, Dorothy Taquino, a victim of has been identified after 20 years. There is still a little red tape to get through, but Dorothy will finally be laid to rest at St. Bernard Memorial Gardens, where her has been since she -planned her own in 1988. For the past two decades, Dorothy has been interred at the Hurricane Katrina , one of 30 people who were unidentified after the massive that devastated Louisiana in 2005.

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Unidentified no more: For nearly two decades, Dorothy Virginia Driggers Taquino was buried in the Hurricane Katrina Memorial as one of 84 unidentified storm ...

10/03/2025

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. Read more: https://bit.ly/3HtWCYC

10/02/2025

October is Long Term Care Planning Month, a reminder to have important conversations with your loved ones about the future. Sharing your final decisions, including your decisions regarding organ, eye and tissue donation, brings peace of mind to you and your family. Learn more and register at

Donate Life America is a nonprofit organization increasing the number of donated organs, eyes & tissue available to save & heal lives through transplantation.

10/01/2025

Our thoughts and prayers go out to our Idaho neighbors and the family of Isabella Oscarson who lost her life in the line of duty.

View Isabella Grace Oscarson's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 5 tribute posts from the community.

09/30/2025

Meet our team! If you have driven by, there is a good chance you’ve seen Mya outside working on projects around the Spokane area.

Mya has been with the company since August 2020. She started as a removal technician and shortly after found a passion in funeral directing and embalming. After three years in that role, she became a sales manager and obtained her insurance producer license. Recently, Mya graduated from Arapahoe Community College obtaining her Funeral Science degree. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Warner Pacific University in Portland, Oregon in Biological Science with human emphasis and a minor in chemistry. Along with academics, Mya was a part of her college student leadership team and varsity athletics completing in basketball as well as being a part of the cross country and track and field team.

Mya enjoys servicing her community, she is an active member of the Spokane Valley Greater Chamber of Commerce and other community organizations whenever help is needed.

Recently, Mya and her husband move to Post Falls, ID which is filled with many adventures and excitement due to their one year old son and beloved dog Piper. They are looking forward to many happy years in the area and growing their family.

09/26/2025

The Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico are a number of naturally mummified bodies interred during a cholera outbreak in 1833. The human bodies appear to have been disinterred between 1870 and 1958. During that time, a local tax was in place requiring a fee to be paid for "perpetual" burial. Some bodies for which the tax was not paid were disinterred and found in a perfectly and naturally mummified state.

09/23/2025

Dr. Alan Wolfelt, recognized as one of North America’s leading death educators and grief counselors, hears from journalists, colleagues, friends, family and others. Here he shares his thoughts on anger spurred by violence and how mourning can help drive change.

Traumatic grief is normal grief with additional intense feelings—most often anger—due to the violent nature of an incident. Dr. Alan Wolfelt explains.

09/22/2025

What makes a Dignity Memorial provider different? They offer unique benefits like Relocation Protection, Lifetime Flexibility, Purchase Protection, Family First Cost Coverage and more. Call us now to learn more. https://bit.ly/3O5D4MQ

09/19/2025

Before and after: the Ball and Dodd parking lot got a fresh layer of paint today!