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.

How to Cancel a Hulu Account After Someone Dies (Bundles, Billing Partners, and Refunds) - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Cancel a Hulu Account After Someone Dies (Bundles, Billing Partners, and Refunds)

In the first week after someone dies, the world is loud and quiet at the same time. Phones buzz with texts you can’t answer yet. Paperwork appears in stacks. And...

How to Cancel or Delete a Spotify Account After Someone Dies (Premium, Family Plan, and Billing) - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Cancel or Delete a Spotify Account After Someone Dies (Premium, Family Plan, and Billing)

When grief comes with logins, subscriptions, and a dozen “small” decisions After someone dies, the to-do list can feel strangely mismatched: you’re sorting death certificates and family texts while also...

How to Cancel a Netflix Account After Someone Dies (Deceased Member Support Options) - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Cancel a Netflix Account After Someone Dies (Deceased Member Support Options)

In the days after a death, life can feel like it’s split into two realities. One is emotional—memories, shock, the silence of a room that suddenly feels different. The other...

A Calm Guide to Cremation: Choosing Urns, Pet Memorials, Cremation Jewelry, and a Plan for the Ashes - Funeral.com, Inc.

A Calm Guide to Cremation: Choosing Urns, Pet Memorials, Cremation Jewelry, and a Plan for the Ashes

Most families don’t set out to become experts in memorial decisions. It usually happens in a narrow window—after a loss, after the phone calls, after the cremation is complete—when you’re...

Green Burial Shrouds: Materials, Costs & How to Wrap a Body - Funeral.com, Inc.

Green Burial Shrouds: Materials, Costs & How to Wrap a Body

In the first quiet hours after a death—or during the slower, thoughtful months of planning ahead—families often discover that the choices they assumed were “standard” are only one path. A...

How to Delete a GOG.com Account After Someone Dies (Account Removal Request) - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete a GOG.com Account After Someone Dies (Account Removal Request)

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that arrives after a death: you’re grieving, you’re coordinating family, and you’re also staring at a long list of tasks that feel strangely modern....

Scattering Ashes on Private Property: How to Ask - Funeral.com, Inc.

Scattering Ashes on Private Property: How to Ask

When a family chooses scattering, it usually starts with a simple sentence: “We want to bring them back to a place that mattered.” Then, almost immediately, the next sentence appears:...

Cremation Jewelry 101: How It Works - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cremation Jewelry 101: How It Works

There’s a moment many families describe after a cremation: the paperwork is done, the calls slow down, and the world expects you to “move forward” while your heart is still...

Cremation Jewelry That Doesn’t Look Like Cremation Jewelry: How to Choose a Discreet Piece You’ll Actually Wear - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cremation Jewelry That Doesn’t Look Like Cremation Jewelry: How to Choose a Discreet Piece You’ll Actually Wear

There’s a specific kind of comfort that comes from keeping someone close without needing to explain it. A necklace that rests against your skin. A bracelet you notice when you...

How to Divide Ashes Among Family Members - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Divide Ashes Among Family Members

When a loved one is cremated, the moment the ashes come home can feel surprisingly heavy. Not because the container is large, but because it holds a decision you may...

When Cremation Brings Choices: How to Choose Urns, Pet Memorials, and Cremation Jewelry (and Still Feel Like Yourself) - Funeral.com, Inc.

When Cremation Brings Choices: How to Choose Urns, Pet Memorials, and Cremation Jewelry (and Still Feel Like Yourself)

The call that cremation is complete can land in a strangely quiet part of grief. The big decisions may feel behind you, yet suddenly you’re holding a temporary container and...

Oversize Urns: When You Need One (Extra Large Urn Capacity) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Oversize Urns: When You Need One (Extra Large Urn Capacity)

If you’ve found yourself searching for extra large urn capacity, you’re not being “picky.” You’re trying to avoid one of the most frustrating moments families describe after cremation: choosing a...

What If You Don’t Know the Person’s Weight? Choosing an Urn Size Without Weight - Funeral.com, Inc.

What If You Don’t Know the Person’s Weight? Choosing an Urn Size Without Weight

There are so many parts of loss that feel heavy in obvious ways, and then there are the oddly practical moments that catch you off guard. One of the most...

When to Call a Funeral Home vs. 911 (Funeral Home vs 911 After Death) - Funeral.com, Inc.

When to Call a Funeral Home vs. 911 (Funeral Home vs 911 After Death)

The first minutes after a death can feel like a fog. Even when a loss was expected, your mind may still reach for a “next step” the way it would...

How to Order Additional Death Certificates Later - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Order Additional Death Certificates Later

It is rarely in the first week—when calls are still coming in, meals are still being dropped off, and grief is still loud—that families realize they may need more paperwork....

What Happens When Someone Dies in a Nursing Home: Next Steps for Families - Funeral.com, Inc.

What Happens When Someone Dies in a Nursing Home: Next Steps for Families

The phone call often arrives in a quiet moment—between errands, between work meetings, between the parts of life that still insist on continuing. A nurse introduces themselves gently, and the...