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.

Memorial Fireworks With Ashes: How It Works, Safety Rules, and What to Consider

Memorial Fireworks With Ashes: How It Works, Safety Rules, and What to Consider

There’s a moment many families recognize after cremation, even if they can’t quite name it. The immediate tasks—phone calls, paperwork, decisions—begin to slow down. And then you’re left with something...

Planning Multi-Location Memorials: Coordinating Tributes in Different Cities at the Same Time - Funeral.com, Inc.

Planning Multi-Location Memorials: Coordinating Tributes in Different Cities at the Same Time

When a family is spread across cities, a single gathering can feel like an impossible compromise. Someone is recovering from surgery. Someone can’t afford a last-minute flight. Someone is stationed...

How to Plan a Death Dinner: Conversation Prompts, Menu Ideas, and Hosting Tips - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Plan a Death Dinner: Conversation Prompts, Menu Ideas, and Hosting Tips

Most families don’t avoid end-of-life decisions because they don’t care. They avoid them because the conversations feel too heavy to start—and too personal to do “the right way.” A death dinner...

Delayed Memorial Service: How to Plan a Meaningful Ceremony Weeks or Months Later - Funeral.com, Inc.

Delayed Memorial Service: How to Plan a Meaningful Ceremony Weeks or Months Later

In the first days after a death, families often do what they can with what they have: limited time off, scattered relatives, a heart that can’t fully process what’s happened,...

>Urns for Horses: How to Handle Very Large Cremains Volumes (2,000+ Cubic Inches) - Funeral.com, Inc.

>Urns for Horses: How to Handle Very Large Cremains Volumes (2,000+ Cubic Inches)

When a horse dies, the loss is rarely “just” a loss. It’s the end of a routine built around feeding times and quiet barn checks, the soft thud of hooves...

The Keepsake Factor: Why You Should Always Size Up for Pet Urns - Funeral.com, Inc.

The Keepsake Factor: Why You Should Always Size Up for Pet Urns

After a pet dies, the first days can feel like two timelines running at once. There’s the emotional timeline—missing the sound of paws on the floor, reaching for a leash...

Planting a Catnip Garden Over a Biodegradable Cat Urn: A Simple Memorial Plan - Funeral.com, Inc.

Planting a Catnip Garden Over a Biodegradable Cat Urn: A Simple Memorial Plan

There are some goodbyes that don’t feel like they belong in a box—especially when the one you lost was small enough to curl into your elbow, yet large enough to...

Turning a Favorite Dog Toy into a Memorial Keepsake - Funeral.com, Inc.

Turning a Favorite Dog Toy into a Memorial Keepsake

There’s a moment after the house gets quiet when you notice the toy. Maybe it’s the rope that used to arrive at your feet like a daily invitation. Maybe it’s...

How to Conduct a Salt Urn Ceremony at the Beach - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Conduct a Salt Urn Ceremony at the Beach

The ocean can feel like the one place big enough to hold everything you’re carrying—love, grief, memory, and the quiet relief of finally doing something tangible. A beach ceremony with...

Water Cremation Explained: What Happens to the Water in Alkaline Hydrolysis? - Funeral.com, Inc.

Water Cremation Explained: What Happens to the Water in Alkaline Hydrolysis?

When a family chooses cremation, the hardest part is rarely the paperwork. It’s the quiet questions that show up afterward—usually late at night, usually in the same browser tab where...

Aquamation (Water Cremation) in South Carolina (2026): Legal Status, Providers & Costs - Funeral.com, Inc.

Aquamation (Water Cremation) in South Carolina (2026): Legal Status, Providers & Costs

When a death happens—or when a family is planning ahead—decisions come quickly. Some are emotional (“What would they have wanted?”), and some are practical (“What can we afford, and how...

How to Close a PlayStation Network Account After Someone Dies (PSN + Sony Account Steps) - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Close a PlayStation Network Account After Someone Dies (PSN + Sony Account Steps)

In the days after a death, the to-do list can feel oddly mismatched: a quiet house, a loud inbox, and a dozen accounts that keep running as if nothing has...

Can You Use Human Composting Soil in a Vegetable Garden? Safety, Rules & Best Practices - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Use Human Composting Soil in a Vegetable Garden? Safety, Rules & Best Practices

Families who choose human composting often picture something quietly beautiful: a final act that returns a loved one to the living world. And then, once the soil arrives, a very...

What to Do With the Soil After Human Composting (Natural Organic Reduction) - Funeral.com, Inc.

What to Do With the Soil After Human Composting (Natural Organic Reduction)

When a family chooses human composting—also called natural organic reduction soil or, in some settings, terramation soil use—the practical questions arrive right alongside the emotional ones. Someone may say, “So...

The Science of Soil: How Human Composting Works (Natural Organic Reduction) - Funeral.com, Inc.

The Science of Soil: How Human Composting Works (Natural Organic Reduction)

There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles in after the urgent phone calls are done. The service details are still undecided. The family group chat is still active. But...

How to Delete or Deactivate a Threads Profile After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete or Deactivate a Threads Profile After Someone Dies

After someone dies, their phone can feel like a quiet room that keeps lighting up. A notification. A memory prompt. A comment from someone who didn’t know yet. For many...