by Renaissance Funeral Home | Feb 22, 2021 | Funeral Prep
An obituary is a tribute to a life that has passed on and includes facts about birth and death and other milestones of most lives. However, to really honor a life that is no longer with us, you need to include some of the unique personal kinds of remembrances that...
by Renaissance Funeral Home | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog, Funeral Prep, PrePlan
We all know that there is an end of the road when our life on earth comes to an end. However, many of us have not planned for how to pay for our funeral. Most of us acknowledge the importance of preplanning our own funeral, but still leave the planning undone. Let’s...
by Renaissance Funeral Home | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog, Catholic Funerals, Funeral Prep, Grief, PrePlan, Traditional Burial
By the time you are an adult, it’s likely that you’ve attended a funeral and seen someone give a “eulogy”. A eulogy is just a speech that praises someone who has died. Usually, family will ask one or more people to give a eulogy. Depending on the setting, the speech...
by Renaissance Funeral Home | Oct 5, 2020 | Funeral Prep
Because our culture is becoming comfortable engaging with others on digital platforms such as Facebook Live and Zoom, we are seeing live streaming of every kind of in-person meeting from business meetings to church services to funeral and memorial services. With the...
by Renaissance Funeral Home | Oct 2, 2020 | Funeral Prep, Grief
Grief hits everyone differently. There are many recognized stages of bereavement involved in coming to terms with someone’s death. If the death was sudden, there may be some level of shock and trauma for the family. They may genuinely not be hungry following the loss...
by Renaissance Funeral Home | Sep 28, 2020 | Funeral Prep, PrePlan
In North Carolina, a wake, also called a viewing, is generally a time of social occasion held before a funeral in which the body of the deceased is present. This is not a sit down occasion and is generally a time to briefly see the family and the deceased and to talk...
