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.

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...

How to Report and Remove a Snapchat Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Report and Remove a Snapchat Account After Someone Dies

In the days after someone dies, there are the visible tasks—calls to family, decisions about services, the paperwork that arrives in thick envelopes. Then there are the quieter ones that...