Our caring and experienced team has planned and hosted 400 events with over 60,000 guests, more than any other company in the industry

Our Events Include:

• Interactive event where you can see everyone's faces and the community can share
• Tech hotline: if guests need help to join the event, they can call or text our support team
• Simple, fully interactive technology: no complicated guest login required
• We bring friends & family together to share memories and stories -- we don't just show pre-recorded videos
• Our top-notch planners have a lot of experience with memorial events so they can provide guidance on how to personalize an event to make it truly meaningful and unique.

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What Families Are Saying: 

"We looked at other services but chose this one for the hands-on management and coordination of the event. The GatheringUs event was a tremendous success! We can’t thank you enough for all you have done for us to come together virtually as a family across borders during these challenging times! A big warm hug from our family to the GatheringUs team!" - Theresa W.

"They take over, during a great time of confusion and stress, to provide the structure for creating a beautiful memorial service. They deal with all the technical details, and much more. They do this all with grace and kindness. This was a paradigm shift for us, but was the best choice to celebrate my mom's life. We had over 150 people join in...from airports, Canada, California, work locations and more. It was perfect and brought a wonderful sense of closure!"   –  Shannon S.

"GatheringUs helped us create an absolutely beautiful Celebration of Life for my husband of 40 years. The event allowed friends and family from all over the country to join the event. How wonderful that was for us. In addition, they provide a memorial page that will be there forever and a video of the event and the slideshow were posted on the site and available for downloading so we can view it whenever we’d like to. The experience with our planner and GatheringUs lessened our suffering and optimized our joy and softened our pain. Truthfully the process couldn’t have been any easier for us." – Cindy J.

"They made what would normally be a difficult process easy. Our planner was great to work with and very accommodating of our requests and needs. The event was VERY well-received. Many people who attended spoke to me later and expressed how great the event was." – James G.

"We would not have been able to have such a meaningful, personal, beautiful Celebration of Life for my father without GatheringUs! It was a pleasure to work with them, and they guided us through every step of turning our general ideas into exactly the type of event we wanted. They also provided a Memorial webpage to which we could easily upload photos, videos, comments and stories, accessible to us and all our event guests. They were flexible, gracious, and accommodating throughout. I have no hesitation in recommending GatheringUs very highly!" – Lane H.

"The team at GatheringUs not only took care of all the logistical and technical challenges, they had wonderful suggestions to increase the sense of community. They took most of the stress off me so I could plan the memorial my mother deserved." – Kelly F.

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Yes. Beyond the latest COVID-19 restrictions, travel costs and timing have always been obstacles preventing communities from gathering for a funeral, wake, or memorial service. 

GatheringUs Virtual and Hybrid events allow your community to remove the obstacles that stand in their way and offer support to begin the process of grieving.

Hybrid events bridge the gap between online and in-person end-of- life celebrations. Guests can choose to attend an event in person or virtually and still be together at the same time. Different from a one-way livestream, all guests can share stories, interact, and participate. The GatheringUs events team manages the technical elements to seamlessly connect the in-person and virtual event and allow guests to focus on being together. Our team can coordinate with you, a funeral director, clergy member, or representative from the venue to connect a large screen, projector, microphone, camera, A/V system, etc.

To create a memorial, click the “Create a Memorial” button, or go to GatheringUs.com/memorials/create. All you need is the name of the person you’re honoring to get started -- other information, such as the obituary or donation options can be updated later. 

GatheringUs brings together family and friends to support each other and celebrate the life of their loved ones. We offer online memorial pages and virtual and hybrid event planning, facilitation, tech support, audiovisuals, and design services. We free you up, so you can be fully present with your community.


GatheringUs Virtual Events
Virtual Events are customized, online events, usually a memorial or funeral, where guests participate through their phone, tablet, or computer. GatheringUs takes care of the planning, logistics, and simplifies the technology. Guests can see and hear the ceremony, participate in a story sharing, and pay their respects without geographical boundaries. Our virtual events uphold traditions, while adapting to our current reality, and make it easier to gather family and friends after loss. 


GatheringUs Memorial Pages
GatheringUs Memorial pages are a lasting online space where friends and family can gather to support each other and celebrate the life of their loved one. When you create a memorial, your community can share stories and messages, upload photos and videos, and make donations to support the family or non-profit organizations.

Yes. If you'd like to delete your account, please email support@gatheringus.com.

Yes! You can. If you have a smaller event or a one-way livestream, you can assign 1-2 people in your circle of friends to plan and manage the online event. Read tips to plan a virtual funeral here.

We use Zoom for our Virtual and Hybrid Gatherings. The GatheringUs (GU) team works with families to develop plans for virtual funerals, memorials, celebrations of life, homegoings, and other end-of-life events. They work with the family to create a program of events, suggest best practices to ensure the optimal use of technology, and develop a very detailed script with stage directions. During the event, the GatheringUs staff will share videos, mute and unmute participants, share prayers & readings and provide instructions and more information in the chat. Our tech hotline team is also available behind the scenes to help guests join the event, connect to audio/ video, and navigate Zoom features. 

Go to events.gatheringus.com/ to find more details and schedule a 30-minute free consultation with our team here. 

Pledgeling, our third-party donation partner, supports the use of international organizations, but the disbursement procedure is slightly different. Please reach out to our team at cs@gatheringus.com to coordinate international disbursements.

Yes. Our third party donation partner, Pledgeling, sends a report with the names of people who donated on the GatheringUs memorial page to the nonprofit along with the funds. They do not disclose the memorial organizer's information.

Yes. As a memorial organizer, you can remove a post for any reason. On the upper right-hand side of each post, there is a button that looks like a row of three dots. Click this button and select “remove". You can always reach out to the GatheringUs Support Team for help at support@gatheringus.com.

After you create a GatheringUs account, click the “Create a Memorial” button, or go to GatheringUs.com/memorials/create. All you need is the name of the person you’re honoring to get started -- other information, such as the obituary or donation options can be updated later. 

You do not need a GatheringUs account to view a memorial page. 

However, you do need a GatheringUs account in order to create or interact with a memorial page. This includes making posts, donations, uploading photos, etc. We require a profile to protect the privacy and security of memorials and to prevent any spam from being posted.

All you need to sign up is a profile name and your email address or social media account. To sign up, go to GatheringUs.com/Signup and: 

1. Register with an email address and password. 

OR

1. Connect your Facebook or Google account: Click the blue “Continue with Facebook” button or the red “Continue with Google” button and log in.

Virtual Events are a customized, facilitated online event, usually a memorial or funeral, where guests participate through their computer, phone, or smart-device (tablet, iPad, etc). Attendees from near or far away can see and hear the ceremony, participate in a story sharing, and pay their respects to the family. You’ll be able to see the supportive faces through your screen. Using today’s technology while upholding traditions, we help you journey through grief and gather your friends and family in mourning. Getting support from friends and family helps the journey through grief and virtual events make this possible.

For more details, go to events.gatheringus.com

You can contact GatheringUs by email Support@GatheringUs.com or by phone at 609-832-3155.

Yes. In the Organizer Options menu on the memorial page, click on Edit Remembrance. Under the Memorials tab, click Delete Memorial. 

Memorials do not expire, so you and your community can come back, plan gatherings, anniversaries, and view memories whenever you want.

Grieving is a process that cannot be rushed. You can raise a memorial fund at any time. There is no limit for when to start your memorial, though we recommend that if you are raising money for funeral costs, the sooner the better. Crowdfunding from family and friends can make things easier. 

Please contact us here with any feedback or thoughts you have about your GatheringUs experience.