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• Posted by Noha Waibsnaider March 11, 2019 - Filed in Event & Logistics Planning - 5,392 views

  "A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.” -Thomas Lynch

   

  Ceremonies

  • Inspiring Celebrations of Life
  • The 5 Guidelines of a Eulogy
  • Create a memorial video
  • Ceremonies, verses, and eulogies
  • Music playlist

   

  Green funerals and burials

  • Guide to green burials  
  • Green cemeteries
  • NYT guide

   

  Home Funeral 

  • National Home Funeral Alliance
  • Planning a funeral

   

  To Do Checklist

  • Funeral planning checklist
  • Lantern: your end of life and death planning expert and knowledgeable friend. Access free resources and planning tools or ask questions to a real human via their chat feature.

   

  Budget Worksheet

  •   Funeral budget sheet

   

  Celebrants, Doulas, Midwifes

  •   Celebrant
  •   End of life Doula
  •   Amy Cunningham and Kateyanne Unullisi

   

  Vendors

  •   Flowers
  •   Catering
  •   Program printing
  •   T-shirt printing
  •   Custom temporary tattoos

   

  Send food to the family

  •   Munchery
  •   Edible Arrangements
  •   Whole Foods Market

   

  Funeral planning and concierge service

  • Everest Funeral Concierge: Everest is a funeral planning and concierge service rolled into a life insurance plan. When help is needed, our 24/7 Advisors are one phone call away, ready to personalize the funeral plan, compare and negotiate best prices, and work with the insurance company to get monies to the beneficiary in as little as 48 hours after death.

   

  Religious guides

  •   Protestant
  •   Catholic
  •   Jewish
  •   Muslim
  •   Buddhist

   

  Advance planning

  •   Personal Funeral Planning Guide
  •   Everplan: A secure, digital archive of everything your loved ones will need should something happen to you.
  •   NY State health care proxy
  •   PBS Handbook - Caring For Your Parents
  •   Cake: Cake helps you discover, store, and share your end-of-life preferences with everyone who needs to know.

   

  Funeral homes

  •   Funeral Homes

   

  After the funeral

  •   Inspiring celebrations of life: 30-day gathering, 40-day gathering, 49-day gathering, one year anniversary
  •   Funeral Thank You Notes

   

  Find more articles on planning a funeral, virtual gathering, and working through grief here.