Life Transitions

02/06/2026

02/02/2026

We have been honoured to serve these families recently.
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01/30/2026

Catherine O'Hara - Canadian Comedy Royalty

Mar 4, 1954 - Jan. 30, 2026

Rest in Peace.

01/30/2026

Winter has come as a fierce, inescapable force! Thank you to all of our snow removal teams, first responders and helpful neighbours who have helped each other get through these past few weeks.

01/29/2026

When computer programmer and scrabble fanatic Paul G. Lind of Portland passed away at age 31, his loved ones wanted to commemorate his short but impactful life in a meaningful way. So, they created an incredibly unique and personal headstone using mosaic tiles to resemble a scrabble board with descriptive words used throughout to honor him. From the information we have read on the web, it appears the creation of the headstone was a collective effort on behalf of family members, friends and Paul’s fiancé. In the years after the stone was erected, it was the target of vandals who removed many of the tiles. Fortunately, people came together to support Paul for a second time by holding a scrabble tournament to fundraise a restoration of the headstone. In 2018, the stone was repaired with bronze letter tiles. It stands today as one of the most distinctive monuments of the 21st century.

01/28/2026

Looking back and reflecting on 10 years of Life Transitions, we are struck with the huge number of people that have already made their own plans ahead of time.

When a person comes to the place where they can accept that "yes, someday I will die", many people are moved to start the planning process. Much of the time those planning discussions are more light hearted than those following a death.

Call today to start your discussion. 519-351-4444

01/27/2026

Grief changes life and life changes grief.

01/24/2026

We have been honoured to serve these families recently.

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01/23/2026

Found at Rushes Cemetery- Wellesley, Ontario,

For more than 100 years, visitors who saw the shared headstone of Henrietta and Susanna Bean remained stumped as to what the enigmatic crossword code engraved on the stone might say. They took grave rubbings and attempted to decipher the message only to come up blank. What was known was that in 1867, a man named Dr. Samuel Bean had erected the stone in secret for his two wives who had both died within a few years of one another. Bean had the two women buried side-by-side beneath the mysterious stone and, before he could share its meaning with anyone, met his own untimely end when he drowned after falling overboard a sailboat.

It wasn’t until a 94-year-old woman living in a nearby retirement home figured it out in the 1970s that anyone knew the answer to Dr. Bean’s puzzle. While we’ll never know what inspired Dr. Bean to create such a perplexing engraving for his two brides, at least the mystery of the epitaph has now been solved. We included the answer below but feel free to skip ahead if you would like to attempt to decipher the code yourself.

Beginning on the seventh character of the seventh row down and reading in a spiral or sometimes diagonal fashion, the inscription reads: “In memoriam Henrietta, Ist wife of S. Bean, M.D. who died 27th Sep. 1865, aged 23 years, 2 months and 17 days and Susanna his 2nd wife who died 27th April, 1867, aged 26 years, 10 months and 15 days, 2 better wives 1 man never had, they were gifts from God but are now in Heaven. May God help me, S.B., to meet them there.”

01/22/2026

Life Transitions proudly marks a decade of supporting families, having assisted thousands in planning for the future through our online platform. Every planning process begins with the same fundamental steps, regardless of individual needs. We invite you to learn more about planning by reviewing our online form. For immediate assistance, call us anytime at 519-351-4444.

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