Memorials & Funerals
Online resources
Celebrate the people and moments in your life. Includes tools to help you determine the type of post and prompting questions and allows for the uploading of photos and videos. You can create over time and invite others to add info or photos.
Connecting with our communities and sharing stories of our loved ones can help keep them present with us and help us to process loss. Ceremonies, rituals and personal tributes can sustain us while navigating this difficult time.
Everything funerals: checklists, casket information, and cremation containers, with information for planning both in advance and in the moment. Requires registration.
Federal Trade Commission: Funeral Costs and Pricing Checklist
Consumer information on funeral costs; includes pricing checklists to use when visiting funeral homes.
Links, addresses, and phone numbers for burial sites around the United States that provide natural burial.
National Home Funeral Alliance
Teaches families how to care for their loved ones after death. Includes resources, laws, and stories of families who have held home funerals.
Books
Bailey, S., and Flowers, C. (2009) Grave Expectations: Planning the End like There’s No Tomorrow. Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press.
Carnell, Geoffrey C. (2005) The Complete Guide to Funeral Planning. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press.