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.

What Helped Most After a Death: Real-Life Ideas People Appreciate (Meals, Errands, Support) - Funeral.com, Inc.

What Helped Most After a Death: Real-Life Ideas People Appreciate (Meals, Errands, Support)

In the days after a death, a strange thing happens. The people who love you show up with big hearts and good intentions, and still, you can feel alone in...

What Happens to Your World of Warcraft Account and Gold When You Die? - Funeral.com, Inc.

What Happens to Your World of Warcraft Account and Gold When You Die?

For many players, Azeroth isn’t “just a game.” It’s where you spent late nights after work, where you celebrated a first clear with people who became real friends, where a...

Creating a Goodbye Video Message to Send After You Die: A Practical, Private Guide - Funeral.com, Inc.

Creating a Goodbye Video Message to Send After You Die: A Practical, Private Guide

Most people don’t set out to make a “legacy video.” They start with something simpler: the wish that the people they love won’t feel alone in the quiet weeks after....

Grief Tech: The Best Apps for Storing Memories in 2026 (Privacy-First Options Included) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Grief Tech: The Best Apps for Storing Memories in 2026 (Privacy-First Options Included)

In the first weeks after a loss, people often assume the hardest part will be the big moments: the service, the phone calls, the paperwork. But many families discover a...

How to Access a Deceased Loved One’s Android Phone (Legally, Without Bypassing Security) - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Access a Deceased Loved One’s Android Phone (Legally, Without Bypassing Security)

After someone dies, their phone can feel like a small vault of a whole life: family photos you didn’t realize they saved, message threads that explain a sudden decision, notes...

What Happens to Your TikTok Drafts When You Die? - Funeral.com, Inc.

What Happens to Your TikTok Drafts When You Die?

TikTok can feel oddly intimate, even when you never post. A draft is a half-finished story, a joke you meant to send to your sister, a voiceover you recorded at...

LinkedIn Ghost Profiles: How to Report a Death, Memorialize, or Close the Account - Funeral.com, Inc.

LinkedIn Ghost Profiles: How to Report a Death, Memorialize, or Close the Account

A few weeks after someone dies, the world keeps moving in ways that can feel strangely sharp. A calendar reminder pings. A bank statement arrives. And sometimes, a LinkedIn notification...

Can You Inherit Airline Miles When Your Spouse Dies? What’s Legal vs. What Airlines Allow - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Inherit Airline Miles When Your Spouse Dies? What’s Legal vs. What Airlines Allow

In the days after a death, life gets divided into two kinds of tasks: the ones that feel sacred, and the ones that feel strangely administrative. You might be choosing...

Can You Be Buried on Your Own Property? A 50-State Guide to Home Burial Laws - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Be Buried on Your Own Property? A 50-State Guide to Home Burial Laws

The question usually arrives quietly, sometimes in the middle of a hard week and sometimes years before anyone dies: “Could we bring them home?” For some families, the idea of...

NFT Inheritance: How to Transfer Digital Art After Death (Wallets, Marketplaces & Probate) - Funeral.com, Inc.

NFT Inheritance: How to Transfer Digital Art After Death (Wallets, Marketplaces & Probate)

The first week after a death rarely feels like the movies. It’s paperwork and phone calls. It’s a quiet house with a loud inbox. It’s a family trying to choose...

Digital Dust: How to Clean Up a Deceased Person’s Browser History (Without Losing Important Records) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Digital Dust: How to Clean Up a Deceased Person’s Browser History (Without Losing Important Records)

After someone dies, the first days can feel like a blur of phone calls, forms, and small decisions that arrive too quickly. In the middle of that, you might open...

Stop the Bleed: How to Cancel Subscriptions When You Can’t Log In (and Stop Charges) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Stop the Bleed: How to Cancel Subscriptions When You Can’t Log In (and Stop Charges)

It usually starts with something small: a $9.99 receipt email you don’t recognize, or a bank alert that feels out of place in an already hard week. Then you look...

Managing a Deceased Influencer’s Monetized Accounts: A Practical Executor Playbook - Funeral.com, Inc.

Managing a Deceased Influencer’s Monetized Accounts: A Practical Executor Playbook

When someone dies who built a living online, grief comes with a strange second language: logins, payouts, brand contracts, subscription renewals, and notifications that keep arriving as if nothing happened....

How to Access a Deceased Loved One’s Apple Account Without the Password - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Access a Deceased Loved One’s Apple Account Without the Password

After someone dies, the hardest tasks often arrive quietly: a phone you can’t unlock, a photo library you’re afraid to lose, an iCloud account that keeps asking for a code...

The 2026 Checklist for Closing a Deceased Person’s Digital Life - Funeral.com, Inc.

The 2026 Checklist for Closing a Deceased Person’s Digital Life

In the first days after someone dies, the hardest tasks aren’t always the ones you expect. Sometimes it’s not the funeral home call, the paperwork, or even the quiet in...

How to Transport a Body for Green Burial: Permits, Refrigeration & Legal Requirements - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Transport a Body for Green Burial: Permits, Refrigeration & Legal Requirements

When a family chooses a green burial, the decision is usually rooted in something simple: a desire to return a loved one to the earth with as little barrier as...