by Renaissance Funeral Home | Feb 7, 2021 | Grief, Podcast
Rob Morrell: Battling Terminal Cancer for 9+ Years People are so much more than a one-page obituary. Rob Morrell is a retired physician from Raleigh North Carolina who has been fighting a terminal cancer diagnosis for almost 10 years. He’s not so sure how much longer...
by Renaissance Funeral Home | Feb 6, 2021 | Grief, Podcast
Palliative Care Hospital Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator Heidi Gessner Heidi Gessner is the palliative care hospital chaplain and bereavement coordinator at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill NC. Today she talks about what a hospital chaplain does, her personal story...
by Renaissance Funeral Home | Feb 5, 2021 | Grief, Podcast, PrePlan
Owen Preston, 4/2/08-4/29/17: Touching Lives While Battling Brain Cancer On today’s episode, Jennifer Preston lost her son Owen to a glioblastoma in April 2017. Jennifer shares so many stories of the special person that Owen was, his strength, and the impact he...
by Renaissance Funeral Home | Feb 4, 2021 | Grief, Podcast
Sharon Delaney McCloud on Her Baby Daughter Macie, 10/1/04-8/5/05 Listen as mother, Sharon Delaney McCloud, remembers her baby daughter Macie. She was less than a year old at time of death.
by Renaissance Funeral Home | Feb 2, 2021 | Grief, Podcast
Leah Loeffler, 4/28/83-11/8/00: Her Life and the Grief Journeys of Her Parents On today’s episode, Leah Loeffler was just 17 when she passed away from a car accident. To die so young is a tragedy, but Leah’s parents Dan and Nancy Loeffler have transformed...
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...
