The Funeral.com Journal

Resources to help you create tributes as unique as the people (and pets) you love. Learn how engraving, photos, colors, and symbols add meaning; discover scattering rituals and at-home memorial ideas. We focus on the details that matter—because small choices can carry a lifetime of comfort.

Stillbirth Memory-Making: Hospital Photography, Handprints, and Keepsakes That Matter - Funeral.com, Inc.

Stillbirth Memory-Making: Hospital Photography, Handprints, and Keepsakes That Matter

After a stillbirth, time can feel distorted. Hours move too fast and not fast enough, and the world outside your room can seem impossibly ordinary while you are living through...

How Much Does Cremation Cost in Colorado in 2026? - Funeral.com, Inc.

How Much Does Cremation Cost in Colorado in 2026?

If you’re trying to price cremation in Colorado, the hardest part often isn’t the grief—it’s the uncertainty. One provider quotes a simple number for direct cremation cost Colorado. Another starts adding...

Survivor’s Guilt After Accidents: Why It Happens and How to Heal When You’re Still Here - Funeral.com, Inc.

Survivor’s Guilt After Accidents: Why It Happens and How to Heal When You’re Still Here

An accident can change your life in a single instant. One moment you are doing something ordinary, and the next you are holding a reality that doesn’t fit inside your...

Relief After Someone Dies: Why It Can Be Normal (Especially After a Difficult Relationship) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Relief After Someone Dies: Why It Can Be Normal (Especially After a Difficult Relationship)

If you felt relief after death and immediately wondered what that says about you, you are not alone. Relief can feel shocking because most of us are taught a single...

LGBTQ+ Grief and Exclusion: When You’re Left Out of Obituaries, Funerals, and Family Rituals - Funeral.com, Inc.

LGBTQ+ Grief and Exclusion: When You’re Left Out of Obituaries, Funerals, and Family Rituals

There are losses that break your heart, and then there are losses that break your trust in the world around you. For some LGBTQ+ grievers, death is followed by a...

Transgender Death Care: How Families Can Respect Name, Pronouns, and Identity After Death - Funeral.com, Inc.

Transgender Death Care: How Families Can Respect Name, Pronouns, and Identity After Death

There are moments after a death when a family is asked to make decisions that feel impossibly practical: forms, phone calls, timing, and arrangements that have to happen even when...

Obituary Security: How to Prevent Burglary and Identity Theft During a Funeral - Funeral.com, Inc.

Obituary Security: How to Prevent Burglary and Identity Theft During a Funeral

In the first days after a death, your attention is pulled in a hundred directions at once. You are making calls, answering texts you can barely read, choosing a time...

Perpetual Care Funds: What They Are, How Cemeteries Use Them, and Questions to Ask Before Buying - Funeral.com, Inc.

Perpetual Care Funds: What They Are, How Cemeteries Use Them, and Questions to Ask Before Buying

When you are standing in a cemetery office looking at prices for a grave, a crypt, or a niche, it is common to feel like you are trying to translate...

Funeral Scams to Watch For: The “Grandchild in Trouble” Call and Other Grief Exploitation Tactics - Funeral.com, Inc.

Funeral Scams to Watch For: The “Grandchild in Trouble” Call and Other Grief Exploitation Tactics

Most families expect grief to arrive like a wave. What they do not expect is the paperwork, the phone calls, the urgent decisions, and the strange feeling that time speeds...

Guaranteed vs Non-Guaranteed Prepaid Funeral Contracts: What Can Still Increase in Price - Funeral.com, Inc.

Guaranteed vs Non-Guaranteed Prepaid Funeral Contracts: What Can Still Increase in Price

Most people sign a prepaid plan for one reason: they want to remove uncertainty for the people they love. In a season of grief, even “simple” decisions can feel heavy,...

Executor Fees and Taxes: Are Executor Payments Taxable Income? - Funeral.com, Inc.

Executor Fees and Taxes: Are Executor Payments Taxable Income?

Serving as an executor (also called a personal representative) can feel like being handed a second job at exactly the wrong time. You may be coordinating family conversations, court paperwork,...

Probate 101: Which Assets Avoid Probate and Which Ones Go to Court - Funeral.com, Inc.

Probate 101: Which Assets Avoid Probate and Which Ones Go to Court

After a death, grief and logistics arrive together. You may be planning a service, calling relatives, and trying to keep the household running—then a bank tells you an account is...

How to Notify Credit Bureaus After a Death: Equifax, Experian & TransUnion Step-by-Step - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Notify Credit Bureaus After a Death: Equifax, Experian & TransUnion Step-by-Step

Notifying the credit bureaus after a death is a straightforward way to prevent identity theft after death. TransUnion notes that fraud using a deceased person’s identity is sometimes called “ghosting,”...

Transfer-on-Death (TOD) Deeds: Pros, Cons, and Common Problems to Avoid - Funeral.com, Inc.

Transfer-on-Death (TOD) Deeds: Pros, Cons, and Common Problems to Avoid

Most families do not start thinking about real estate paperwork because they love paperwork. They start because they want fewer delays, fewer court filings, and fewer “what happens now?” moments...

How to Transfer Ashes Into an Urn: Step-by-Step Instructions, Tools, and Mess-Free Tips - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Transfer Ashes Into an Urn: Step-by-Step Instructions, Tools, and Mess-Free Tips

There is a moment after cremation that catches many families off guard. The big decisions may be behind you, but the temporary container arrives and suddenly you are holding something...

Social Security $255 Death Benefit: Who Qualifies and How to Apply for the Lump-Sum Death Payment - Funeral.com, Inc.

Social Security $255 Death Benefit: Who Qualifies and How to Apply for the Lump-Sum Death Payment

After a death, families often describe the first few days as a blur of phone calls, decisions, and paperwork—made heavier by grief and a sense that everything is urgent. In...