Date registered: June 23, 2011
Tweet Today, we continue our series on grief, faith and culture with a guest post from Fairhaven Family Service Counselor and Christian pastor, Jim Bogosian. Jim talks about a personal loss he suffered and how, as a Christian, his faith sustained him. As you will see, Jim’s faith is very important to him and he …
Tweet How many funerals, visitations and wakes have you been to where the casket has been open and the deceased on display for all to see? I know that within my own family on my mother’s side, open caskets were practically mandatory at every funeral and/or visitation. But every family’s preference is different and sometimes …
Tweet Family Service Counselor Joseph Hartley Retires by Charity Gallardo, Accounting/Network Administrator People come and go in your life. They are born and they die. They move away. And sometimes, they just retire. In December, Fairhaven Family Service Counselor Joseph Hartley retired after seven years of serving from his heart. Both his co-workers and the …
Tweet Today, we start a series of posts on grief, faith and culture. People deal with grief in different ways. How they deal with grief and loss can be impacted by their culture and their chosen faith. In an effort to understand the many ways we can alleviate and deal with grief, we’ve begun a …
Tweet You’ve suffered the loss of a loved one. Your friends and family are well meaning, but maybe you need some more private help, something you can do on your own to help cope. Here’s a list of ten things you can do online to help ease your grief. 1. Light a candle to your …
Tweet Today’s post is by Lou Carlson, who has been a Family Service Counselor at Fairhaven Memorial Park for twenty years. Dell Eastman had worked at Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary for 20 years when I met him. He had begun work as a cemetery salesman, and when the mortuary was built be continued to …
Tweet Guest blogger, Heidi Telpner, Hospice RN I don’t know if there is either a best time or a worst time to die. There’s just a time to die. As Ecclesiastes says regarding life and death, “To everything there is a season. A time to be born; a time to die.” In Jewish tradition, it’s …
Tweet COPING WITH GRIEF DURING THE HOLIDAYS Tis the season to be jolly, to deck the halls, to experience great joy with family and friends. Yet for some people, this holiday season may be a time of sadness, of grieving because of the loss of a loved one due to death or a broken relationship, …
Tweet 3D animation of what Fairhaven’s Cremation Garden will look like.
Tweet Part of our 100th Anniversary Celebration, the annual Art Exhibit runs from November 5 through November 7 at our historic mausoleum. Friday, Nov. 5, 6 – 10PM: Candlelight Reception and Presentation Saturday, Nov. 6, 10AM – 8PM: Presentation and Candlelight Viewing Sunday, Nov. 7, 10AM – 5 PM: Panel Discussion, Reception, Live Music Click …
