Nice Looking Funeral Home Doesn’t Mean Expensive

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Sytsema Funeral Home | Leave a comment
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It’s not unusual for your local hometown funeral home to look better than your own home. However, that neatly mowed lawn and manicured landscape doesn’t mean expensive or out of reach. What it does mean is the people who work there pay attention to details, they care about the quality of their work, and they […]

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Cemeteries – A final resting place

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Sytsema Funeral Home | Leave a comment
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If you are of a certain age you may have grown up as a “free range child”. Children born after the second world war, mid-century modern kids, were very likely to participate in unorganized free play. Meaning, they roamed a geographic territory, outlined by their parents, unfettered. They played with other neighbor children until the […]

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Saying Thank-You to a Veteran

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Sytsema Funeral Home | Leave a comment
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There are a million ways to say thank you. Great or small they all have value.   Decide to always just say thank you whenever you see a person in uniform. When you see a person in uniform at the coffee shop or fast food restaurant pick up their tab if you can. At the […]

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Five Tips to Help You Stop Procrastinating About Planning Your Funeral

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Sytsema Funeral Home | Leave a comment
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Set a Deadline   I’ll get this done … before my birthday, before we travel, before school starts, or taxes are due. It doesn’t matter when, just set a target. It only matters that you do have a deadline, especially if you are a habitual procrastinator.   Get In Touch with Your “WHY”   Something […]

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Writing the Thank You Notes

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Sytsema Funeral Home | Leave a comment
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Writing thank you notes is usually one of the very first “after the funeral” tasks you will undertake. You may be surprised to find that your brain/hand coordination is not working so well. You sit there with pen in hand and well-formed thoughts in your head, but somehow it all gets lost between the head […]

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