Archive for the ‘Coffins’ Category
2
Mar
Posted by sunsethillfuneralhome in 2010, Advertise, Batesville Casket, Body, Casket, Cemetery, Coffin It Up, Coffins, Cremation, Crematorium, Crematory, Custom, Dead, Deceased, departed, Embellish, Engrave, factory, Family, fire, flames, Graves, hereafter, Herr, Herr Family, Herr Funeral Home, North America, Pallbearing, Recession, Revenue, Sunset Hill Cemetery, Sunset Hill Funeral Home, Urn, Wall Street Journal. Leave a Comment
We always knew that caskets were in the business of the dead, but who would have thought they’d ever become a dead business? According to the Wall Street Journal, sales of caskets have been declining for years as more people choose cremation as their “burial of choice.” Of course, the recent recession isn’t helping the [...]
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27
Jan
Posted by sunsethillfuneralhome in 1, 2010, Body, California, Casket, Cemetery, Coffins, damage, Daniel Mandel, Deceased, departed, drink, drive, fire, flames, Funeral Homes, Graves, Grief, hearse, Herr, Herr Funeral Home, New Year, reputable, respect, sober, Times Square, trust. Leave a Comment
The New Year usually brings a feeling of a new beginning, a fresh start, a clean slate, and all that jazz. And typically, this is a good thing, even for the funeral business. So why does it seem that 2010 is the year for crazy funeral home staff to come out of the woodwork? Just [...]
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8
Dec
Posted by sunsethillfuneralhome in 1, Casket, Christmas, Coffins, Deceased, Family, Funeral Homes, Graves, Grief, Hear, Hearing aid, Herr Funeral Home, Music, Song. Leave a Comment
In honor of the holiday spirit that is upon us, I thought it would be appropriate to put this hilarious (and true!) story to song…and a Christmas song at that! So just to provide a little background info before you perform a musical, Bob was overseeing a funeral at Sunset Hill one afternoon when he [...]
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20
Nov
Posted by sunsethillfuneralhome in 1, Afterlife, All Quiet on the Western Front, Barber, Cemetery, Coffins, Deceased, Dehydrate, fingernails, Flesh, Funeral Homes, Graves, Hair, Hair wreath, Hormones, Legends, Manicure, Misconceptions, Optical illusion, Superstitions, Tombstone. Leave a Comment
You’ve always known that your hair and nails are made of dead skin cells – or if you didn’t know, you do now. Gross, I know. So it just makes sense that when you die, your skin dies too, therefore making longer hair and nails. Right? Don’t be so sure… It is a common belief [...]
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21
Oct
Posted by sunsethillfuneralhome in 1, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, Celebrate, Celtic, Cemetery, Coffins, Day of the Dead, Deceased, Dia de los muertos, Funeral Homes, Ghosts, Graves, Grief, Halloween, Headstones, Life, Tradition, Zombies. Leave a Comment
Maybe it’s extremely cliché, but Halloween might just be Sunset Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery’s favorite holiday. And not just because people adorn their lawn with inflatable ghosts and zombies and hang plastic body parts from the Bradford Pear in the front yard. I mean, yes, what funeral home and cemetery staff wouldn’t chuckle at [...]
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21
Sep
Posted by sunsethillfuneralhome in Afterlife, Celebrate, Cemetery, Coffins, Collection, Cremation, Deceased, Family, Funeral Homes, Ghosts, Graves, Grief, Hair wreath, Herr, Legends, Life, Support Group, Tradition, Widowers, Widows. Leave a Comment
Didn’t I tell you that Sunset Hill and Herr Funeral Homes are full of legends? Well, not only are the cemetery grounds peppered with gravestones of legend after legend, but the walls and shelves inside the funeral homes are also adorned with legendary pieces of history. From hair wreaths passed down for generations to old [...]
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