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.

Unclaimed Property Search After a Death: Finding Lost Accounts in State Databases - Funeral.com, Inc.

Unclaimed Property Search After a Death: Finding Lost Accounts in State Databases

After a death, the world gets very small. The to-do list grows, but your capacity shrinks. There are the visible tasks—calls to family, a service to plan, paperwork you can’t...

What to Do with Their Belongings: To Donate, Keep, or Throw Away? - Funeral.com, Inc.

What to Do with Their Belongings: To Donate, Keep, or Throw Away?

In the days after a pet dies, grief rarely arrives as one clean emotion. It comes in waves—sadness, numbness, relief if they were suffering, guilt about decisions, and a quiet...

What to Do with Wedding Rings and Jewelry After a Death: Options for Keeping, Wearing, and Repurposing - Funeral.com, Inc.

What to Do with Wedding Rings and Jewelry After a Death: Options for Keeping, Wearing, and Repurposing

When someone you love dies, the world changes in obvious ways—phone calls you’ll never get again, routines that go quiet, a chair that suddenly looks too empty. But grief also...

Digital Legacy Planning: Passwords, Social Media, and What Happens to Your Online Life After Death - Funeral.com, Inc.

Digital Legacy Planning: Passwords, Social Media, and What Happens to Your Online Life After Death

The first time you notice it, it can feel strangely ordinary: a phone lights up with a “Memories” notification, a calendar reminder pings, an auto-payment emails a receipt. Grief is...

Honoring a Pet in Your Will or Estate Plan - Funeral.com, Inc.

Honoring a Pet in Your Will or Estate Plan

For many people, a dog, cat, or other companion animal is woven into daily life as deeply as any human family member. You notice it in small routines: the expectant...

Estate Planning Basics After a Death: Wills, Probate, and What Executors Actually Do - Funeral.com, Inc.

Estate Planning Basics After a Death: Wills, Probate, and What Executors Actually Do

The passing of a loved one brings a wave of practical responsibilities alongside grief. Beyond emotional loss, families often face immediate questions about financial accounts, property titles, debts, and the...