Honoring Life

Honoring Life

Honoring and celebrating the life are the cornerstones of healing after loss.

Why Personalize Your Services and Merchandise?

Video by Chris Messina

Different Way To Honor

  • Comfort in Tradition

    We'll help you design a service with a classic rites and rituals that will feel like timeless tributes.

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  • Patriotic Honor

    Show the deepest respect to a Veteran with a flag presentation and 21-rifle salute.

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  • Together Is Better

    For burials and cremations, create a unifying service with readings, memories and spirituality. 

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  • Savor Memories

    Gather loved ones with a delicious feast in a relaxed gathering.

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  • Ride Strong

    Bring a prized vehicle into the service, from a fire truck they served on to a restored hot rod.

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  • No Place Like Home

    Bring family and friends together in a home or private garden, around familiar belongings. 

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  • How Would You Like To Be Honored?

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  • A Sporting Celebration

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  • Keepsakes & Heirlooms

    Bring a set of objects that shares a treasured hobby, and guests can even leave with an item.

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  • The Game Goes On

    For card sharks, Scrabble pros or billiard players, the game can be incorporated as a tribute.

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  • Take The Stage

    For thespians and opera lovers, a theatrical event can be the perfect end to a brilliant life.

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  • Into The Deep

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  • Reach For The Stars

    "Fly me to the moon; let me sing among those stars." Many of us long to be able to travel among the planets of our solar system and out among the stars. Becoming part of the cosmos may be the perfect "send off" for someone special.

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It's All About The Relationship

Honoring the life of your loved one means you value the relationship you shared. We look forward to helping you decide how to celebrate that bond, and honor the unique individual you've lost. We can make suggestions to enhance your tribute ideas. Together we will create a fitting and memorable event. Contact us today to discuss the possibilities.

Whether you choose burial or cremation, having a service to honor life, and a permanent place to visit remains, is an essential part of the healing process. We’ll educate you on the traditional and nontraditional inclusions in these ceremonies—and help you design an observance that’s as unique as the life it’s about.


You can have your service anywhere, and any way, you want. Your choices include the place of celebration, day of the week, and time of day; the musical selection, what prayers will be said or songs you’d like sung. We can arrange to have doves, butterflies, or balloons released at the close of the service. Keepsake gifts of wildflower seeds or a tree seedling can be given. We’re here to help you create the most memorable and meaningful service to honor your loved one.

Burial or Cremation?

Your next consideration focuses on choosing between burial and cremation. Usually, people are clear on this point. In fact, your loved one may have told you, or someone else, exactly how they wish to be cared for. But it can be a hard decision for some families, especially when the wishes of the deceased were never clearly stated. If that's the case, please know we're able to help you come to the perfect decision for your loved one, and for you.

Once you decide, the finer details come into focus. If you've chosen burial, then selection of the casket, vault, and desired cemetery follows. Naturally, we’re here to help you.


If cremation is your choice, then you'll need to make the next decision: whether the cremated remains will be placed in a mausoleum niche, or buried on the cemetery grounds.


In some communities, there's the option for a 'green burial.' If that's what your loved one would prefer, we'll help you select an environmentally-friendly choice.