New York State Funeral Directors Association
Editor's Note: Licensed NYS Funeral Director Heather Rauch traveled to England and toured a 200+ year-old funeral home. This is the first part of Heather's account of her eye-opening trip.
A trip to London sounded like something out of a dream I may have had once after eating too much fish and chips.
I could hardly contain my excitement. My cousin was going to wed the man of her dreams and she asked me to be her Maid of Honor.
One of my ancestors – a farmer - got tangled up in the French & Indian War before rising to the rank of sergeant and fighting in the American Revolution.
Another ancestor rode the ill-fated Lusitania from England to New York
Fortunately for Henry, it was several years before the ship was sunk and more than 1,000 passengers died during the First World War.
One of my ancestors had a young son kidnapped by Native Americans. Another traveled to New York City from Saratoga County, NY to sell apples each year.
Family History Month – October – provides great encouragement to learn more about where you came from – and you don’t have to hire a genealogist to do it.
It goes without saying that losing a spouse is an incredibly difficult part of life
Throughout all of the heartache and the headaches of dealing with everything that needs to be done, you have to figure out what your living arrangements are going to be like following your loss.
While many will remain in the home they shared with their significant other, others will look to move on or face the harsh reality that they simply must.
SympathyNotes is written to stimulate discussion of death and grief. Opinions do not reflect the views of NYSFDA.
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