Social Distancing, Weddings and Funerals

Social Distancing, Weddings and Funerals

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Sytsema Funeral Home | Leave a comment
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Does it take losing something to make us see its real value? Suddenly we find ourselves in a world where weddings and funerals may not happen. Just a few weeks ago people might have questioned the need for these kinds of gatherings. Now, we begin to feel what we have lost. Albeit a temporary loss, […]

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Age-Associated Financial Vulnerability

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Read this blog even though you don’t want to. Especially if you or your parent is over 65 or living alone. Age Associated Financial Vulnerability is a real thing and it affects intelligent independent people. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau puts the cost of elder financial exploitation as high as $36 billion a year. If […]

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How to personalize a funeral

How to personalize a funeral

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Sytsema Funeral Home | Leave a comment
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A “personalized” funeral is not just for the rich and famous. When someone we love dies, we want to remember that person. We want to celebrate the life that was lived. A life story does not have to have a dramatic plot twist or culminate in fame and riches to be worthy of remembrance. So, […]

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Why embalm?

Embalming … What Funeral Directors Do

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Sytsema Funeral Home | Leave a comment
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What is embalming? Embalming is the art of slowing the decomposition of the human body. The embalming process is carried out in a clean environment, and proceeds in a fashion similar to medical procedures. First, the body is washed and sanitized, and the limbs are massaged to remove stiffness. The facial features are then set, […]

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When the soul leaves the body … reacting to a sudden unexpected death

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Sytsema Funeral Home | Leave a comment
Posted under Dealing with Loss, Funeral Service

Sometimes, if you are open to it, you can receive amazing information in the most unlikely ways.  For example, there was a driver who was taking a woman to the airport when she received the news that a family member had died. The woman gasped and her driver, who was from another culture, asked if […]

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