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 WeChat Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Cancel a WeChat Account After Someone Dies

In the days after a death, life can feel split in two. One half is grief—phone calls you can barely make, quiet rooms that feel unfamiliar, and the strange exhaustion...

Fabric Scattering Urns: Sewing a Soft Container for Transport and a Clean Release - Funeral.com, Inc.

Fabric Scattering Urns: Sewing a Soft Container for Transport and a Clean Release

There is a particular moment that doesn’t get talked about much in funeral planning: the moment after the cremation, when the ashes are returned, and the family realizes there isn’t...

Plus-Size Caskets: Dimensions, Weight Handling, and Planning for Dignified Transport - Funeral.com, Inc.

Plus-Size Caskets: Dimensions, Weight Handling, and Planning for Dignified Transport

If you are researching plus size casket dimensions, you are probably trying to do something deeply loving under pressure: make sure a funeral or graveside moment is safe, respectful, and...

How to Close a Quora Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Close a Quora Account After Someone Dies

The first time you see it, it can feel like a small shock inside a bigger one: a notification, a suggested answer, a name that still appears in a feed...

How to Delete a Reddit Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete a Reddit Account After Someone Dies

The internet has a way of continuing on autopilot after a death. A notification appears. A password reset email arrives. A “new message” badge shows up on a device no...

DIY Scattering Tubes: Simple Cardboard Options for a Clean, Respectful Ash Release - Funeral.com, Inc.

DIY Scattering Tubes: Simple Cardboard Options for a Clean, Respectful Ash Release

The container often arrives before the plan does. After a cremation, many families find themselves standing in a quiet kitchen, holding a temporary box or bag and realizing that the...

How to Request Deletion of a Discord Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Request Deletion of a Discord Account After Someone Dies

After someone dies, the world doesn’t pause to let you catch your breath. Messages keep arriving. Recurring charges keep processing. And a phone you don’t want to touch can still...

Memory Tables at a Vigil: Display Ideas That Invite Stories (Not Just Photos) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Memory Tables at a Vigil: Display Ideas That Invite Stories (Not Just Photos)

The first time many families set up a memory table, it happens in a quiet rush. Someone is folding programs. Someone else is texting relatives directions. A sibling is searching...

Obituary Writing Templates for Families: Simple Formats, Examples, and What to Include - Funeral.com, Inc.

Obituary Writing Templates for Families: Simple Formats, Examples, and What to Include

The first time you open a blank document to write about someone you love, it can feel like the room gets quieter. Not peaceful—just quiet in the way grief makes...

Memorial Videos: Easy Software Options and a Simple Workflow for Photo Slideshows - Funeral.com, Inc.

Memorial Videos: Easy Software Options and a Simple Workflow for Photo Slideshows

On the surface, a memorial video looks like a technical project: photos, music, captions, and a screen at the front of a room. In real life, it often begins much...

DIY Pottery Urns: Ceramic Basics, Glaze Safety, and Crematory Questions - Funeral.com, Inc.

DIY Pottery Urns: Ceramic Basics, Glaze Safety, and Crematory Questions

A handmade urn can feel like the opposite of “a product.” It can feel like a story you can hold—clay shaped by a person who loved the person (or pet)...

DIY Pottery Urns: Ceramics Basics, Food-Safe vs. Ash-Safe Glazes, and What to Ask the Crematory - Funeral.com, Inc.

DIY Pottery Urns: Ceramics Basics, Food-Safe vs. Ash-Safe Glazes, and What to Ask the Crematory

In the weeks after a loss—or in the quieter months when you’re planning ahead—many families find themselves drawn to something handmade. A ceramic urn shaped by someone who loved the...

Jewelry Engraving Ideas: Short Phrases That Fit on Rings, Lockets, and Bracelets - Funeral.com, Inc.

Jewelry Engraving Ideas: Short Phrases That Fit on Rings, Lockets, and Bracelets

Engraving space is tiny, but the decision rarely feels small. After a death—or while you’re planning ahead—you may be choosing an urn, deciding what to do with ashes, and searching...

How to Delete or Deactivate a Pinterest Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete or Deactivate a Pinterest Account After Someone Dies

The first time you open a loved one’s Pinterest after they’ve died, it can feel strangely intimate. The boards might be filled with holiday recipes you remember, garden ideas they...

How to Delete a Telegram Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete a Telegram Account After Someone Dies

In the first days after someone dies, the world feels split in two. One part is made of big, visible decisions—calling family, choosing a funeral home, setting dates, answering messages...

How to Delete a WhatsApp Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete a WhatsApp Account After Someone Dies

When someone dies, the silence can feel loud in unexpected places—like a phone that keeps lighting up with notifications, a chat thread that friends still message because they haven’t heard...