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Talking to Loved Ones About Final Wishes

Talking to your loved ones about their final wishes and beginning to pre-plan their funeral can seem like a heavy and daunting task. Stuhr Funeral Home wants to make this process as simple and effective as possible.
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Proper Visitation and Funeral Etiquette

Visitation and funeral etiquette are important to know but not often discussed ahead of a loved one passing away. When it comes time to attend a visitation or funeral, there is proper etiquette to follow and essential information to know before attending. 

Season of Giving: How to honor your loved one through charitable giving

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Understanding Power of Attorney – The Ins and Outs of Decision Making

When planning a funeral, there are many decisions to be made. From florals to eulogies spoken to other planning details for a funeral, there are several choices that a family of a lost loved one must make. Understanding the power of attorney and the ins and outs of decision-making is crucial while navigating this difficult time in your life. 

Preparing for the Funeral: Common Items You Need to Provide the Funeral Home

When beginning to organize the funeral of a loved one, there are some items you will need to prepare and provide for the funeral home. While the funeral home you’re working with wants to help you along this process, they need a few initial items to get the process moving.

Processing Death is Difficult; Here are Some Resources that can help

If you’ve had a loved one pass away, you understand that processing death and experiencing grief is one of the most difficult parts of life. In the moments you experience grief, you may feel as though your life and emotions will never go back to the way they were before.

Understanding Delayed Grief

When you’ve lost a loved one, grief often comes in waves, which means it ebbs and flows. It’s very normal to experience delayed grief. In many cases, people who have recently lost a loved one may feel numb or have little to no intense reaction shortly following their loved one’s passing.

Moving Through the Stages of Grief: Processing Grief

Grief can be a challenging emotion to process, and everyone processes it very differently. Sometimes, it takes people months or even years to move at their own pace through the stages of grief. And everyone processes this emotion in very different ways.

Moving through the stages of grief: Is this acceptance?

When moving through the five stages of grief, it is difficult for some people to understand where their emotions fall on the spectrum. The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. While people typically experience these emotions in this order, it is completely normal to experience these feelings at different times throughout your grieving process.
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