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.

Buying a Casket for Cremation: A Thoughtful Guide

Buying a Casket for Cremation: A Thoughtful Guide

Understanding Cremation and Its Needs Choosing a casket for cremation involves both practical and emotional considerations. Unlike traditional burials, cremation requires a container that is safe for the cremation process,...

Understanding the Cremation Process: From Preparation to Memorial

Understanding the Cremation Process: From Preparation to Memorial

Cremation is a deeply personal way to honor a loved one’s life, providing families with flexible options for memorialization. While the idea of cremation may feel clinical at first, it...

Understanding Cremation Costs: A Complete Guide to Honoring Your Loved Ones

Understanding Cremation Costs: A Complete Guide to Honoring Your Loved Ones

What Influences the Cost of Cremation? When a loved one passes, understanding the cost of cremation can feel overwhelming. Many families are unsure why prices vary so widely, and it...

What is Cremation Jewelry? Preserving Memories in Wearable Form

What is Cremation Jewelry? Preserving Memories in Wearable Form

Cremation jewelry has emerged as a deeply personal way to honor a loved one after loss. Unlike traditional memorial items, cremation jewelry allows you to carry a portion of ashes...

Why Cremation Is Growing in Popularity: Understanding the Shift in Modern Farewell Traditions

Why Cremation Is Growing in Popularity: Understanding the Shift in Modern Farewell Traditions

A Cultural Shift in How We Approach Final Arrangements Over the past two decades, families across the United States and around the world have increasingly chosen cremation as their preferred...

Is It Acceptable to Divide Cremation Ashes? A Thoughtful Guide for Families

Is It Acceptable to Divide Cremation Ashes? A Thoughtful Guide for Families

Understanding the Question Behind Dividing Ashes When families ask whether it is acceptable to divide ashes, they are often asking something much deeper. They are asking how to navigate grief...

How to Buy a Cemetery Plot: A Complete Guide

How to Buy a Cemetery Plot: A Complete Guide

Purchasing a cemetery plot is one of the most important decisions a family can make during times of loss. A cemetery plot serves as a permanent resting place and a focal...

Cremation Urns Explained: Types, Materials, Prices, and How to Pick One

Cremation Urns Explained: Types, Materials, Prices, and How to Pick One

Choosing an urn sounds like a practical task until you are actually doing it. You may be juggling paperwork, phone calls, family opinions, and a quiet sense of disbelief that...

Cremation Jewelry Guide: Necklaces, Rings & Keepsakes That Hold Ashes

Cremation Jewelry Guide: Necklaces, Rings & Keepsakes That Hold Ashes

There’s a particular kind of comfort in being able to keep someone close when you’re moving through normal life again—driving to work, standing in the grocery store aisle, walking into...

Marble Cremation Urns: Pros, Cons, Care Tips, and What Affects Price

Marble Cremation Urns: Pros, Cons, Care Tips, and What Affects Price

There are some choices in grief that feel oddly practical—paperwork, phone calls, deciding what happens next—and then there are choices that feel like you’re choosing a “tone” for remembrance. For...

Best Cremation Jewelry and Keepsakes: Rings, Glass Memorials, and Top Brands

Best Cremation Jewelry and Keepsakes: Rings, Glass Memorials, and Top Brands

Cremation has become the default choice for many families, which is part of why memorial jewelry and keepsakes have become so much more visible—and, for some people, genuinely helpful. According...

Fishing Cremation Urns: “Gone Fishing” Designs, Keepsakes, and Where to Shop

Fishing Cremation Urns: “Gone Fishing” Designs, Keepsakes, and Where to Shop

When someone loved to fish, it usually wasn’t “just” a pastime. It was where they reset after a hard week, where they kept promises with friends, where they taught a...

Men’s Cremation Jewelry: Durable Necklaces and Pendants That Hold Ashes

Men’s Cremation Jewelry: Durable Necklaces and Pendants That Hold Ashes

After cremation, families often describe a strange mix of relief and uncertainty. The immediate logistics may be over, but now there is a container in your hands and a question...

Choosing a Cremation Urn—and What to Do If You Don’t Want Ashes on the Mantel

Choosing a Cremation Urn—and What to Do If You Don’t Want Ashes on the Mantel

Most families don’t start this process by shopping. They start by trying to steady themselves after a loss, or by trying to plan ahead without feeling morbid. Somewhere in the...

Hummingbird Cremation Urns: Meaning, Styles, Sizes, and Where to Buy

Hummingbird Cremation Urns: Meaning, Styles, Sizes, and Where to Buy

If you’re reading this, you may be holding a handful of decisions that don’t feel like they belong together. There’s grief. There’s logistics. There’s the quiet pressure of choosing something...

Where to Buy Cremation Urns: Funeral Home vs Online (Plus Funeral.com Tips)

Where to Buy Cremation Urns: Funeral Home vs Online (Plus Funeral.com Tips)

If you’ve found yourself searching for where to buy cremation urns, you’re not alone—and you’re not “behind” if it feels like you’re making this decision later than you expected. Many...