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12/19/2025

Love…. Everlasting

Defining love is no easy task. As a noun it is a profound, personal, passionate affection for another person. As a verb it is the strong liking of an object, and can mean an embrace or amorous gesture towards another. People love music, sunrises, movies, close friends, family, children, parents and spouses.

A beloved is the person whom love is bestowed upon. The loss of a beloved, given our description above, is paramount to a significant hurt on this bestowal.

The beauty of love is that it is not simply an isolated event. It is everywhere. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves of that. We need to recognize that those other close persons in our lives also love us. At the risk of being vulnerable, connecting with them, following loss of a beloved, is not a betrayal to that endeared relationship but rather a realization of our part in humanity.

Love has been part of life for as long as humankind can remember.

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”
–Sophocles (497-406 BC)

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12/19/2025

View Paul "à Jos" Joseph LeBlanc's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

12/17/2025

View Jeffrey Neil Busche's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

12/15/2025

Dealing with Grief over the Holidays

For those who have recently lost a loved one, the Christmas holiday season is a difficult time which may trigger deep emotions as they are grieving.

Acknowledging that the holiday season will be different for those who grieve is a starting point. Every person we sit with at the dinner table, share holiday wishes with and recount festive stories with, will likely be experiencing grief in their own unique way. Some are saddened, some may be angry while others will be silent.

Past routines inevitably change. Did a beloved have a special role as part of celebrations: did they bring that special desert, did they carve the turkey or say grace before dinner?

Having a conversation before a holiday gathering to clarify which customs you want to continue and which will change may help move traditions forward with less uncertainty.

But know that even the best laid plans may not unfold as expected. If some members of your get-together are having a difficult time, having a backup plan is advisable. And, if you personally feel that attending a function may be problematic for you, drive yourself to and from the festivity so that if you become overwhelmed you can find refuge.

Whether your holiday traditions are with family or with close friends, as a group, supporting one another through this difficult time is precisely what those absent from the table would have wished. If you are able to find the courage, these times of the year are always better spent with company.

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12/12/2025

12/10/2025

View Jeanette L. Stuart's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

12/08/2025

Remembering at Christmastime
Memorial Ornaments

Having a unique ornament to place on a Christmas tree as a sign of remembrance is a special way to connect with our dearly departed loved ones. It may represent their absence from the family gatherings which they were part of. It may serve as a tribute of sort, a reminder in their memory.

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12/05/2025

Volunteerism

In 1985, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared December 5th International Volunteer Day, honouring the efforts of volunteers from around the globe. The social and economic impact of individuals who give freely of their time is immeasurable. Those who live in poverty, who face physical challenge and who are disadvantaged benefit from the daily hard work of local, regional, national and international agencies. Annually, hundreds of millions of volunteers make a real difference and affect change.

When it comes to helping individuals and families facing or dealing with death, many individuals support a multitude of causes including giving their time to bereavement groups, palliative care support and helping in the fight against terminal diseases. Our funeral home takes this opportunity to recognize and extend our heartfelt thanks to those who give, making the world a better place to live in.

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12/04/2025

View Wayne Donald Comeau's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

12/02/2025

Three types of Service, an Overview

In recent years, in addition to traditional funerals where a casket service is chosen, families also are considering alternative type services where an urn is present. Primarily there are three ways that a service can unfold, given these two options.

The first type of service, which is referred to as a Traditional Funeral, is one which we are very familiar with. With this service, the deceased is waked in either an open or closed casket, followed by a funeral service and then interment at a cemetery. This type of service typically follows a prescribed sequence of events which include funeral and/or religious ritual. With this choice, cremation does not occur.

The second type of service has many names including Memorial Service with an Urn or Celebration of Life. With this service the body is not present; after cremation an urn is used rather than a casket. With these services the steps mentioned with Traditional Funerals are still able to be followed: Visitation with the Urn, followed by a Church or Memorial Service and then interment of the urn in a family plot or niche at a cemetery. Sometimes families will choose to modify these steps to suit their individual preferences.

The last type of service is a hybrid of the two above services. Visitation and viewing, as well as the funeral service are done with a casket present. Following these steps, cremation takes place and then the urn is interred at a cemetery. When choosing this option, families can decide between a regular or rental casket, given the body is not to be interred.

The key distinction which needs to be made is whether or not cremation is chosen and if so, when it occurs. If one’s choice is to have cremation, deciding if you wish to say goodbyes before cremation takes place is needed to help determine which service is appropriate. Please note that whether one chooses to have traditional services or cremation services this does not need to affect how a service can unfold.

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11/29/2025

A Will for the Woods

Clark Wang is a psychiatrist, a musician and an environmentalist who has been diagnosed with terminal lymphoma. A body wrapped in a shroud on a sled being pulled to a burial plot on a cold winter’s, snowy day is the opening scene of this documentary depicting a moment in time, a hundred, maybe two hundred years ago.

The scene fades: “Can I try it out,” Clark questions as he goes to lie in a natural burial box made from unpreserved wood. Then he’s off to an oncology appointment for testing, scans and medical progress reports.

After consideration, Clark decides he wishes green burial. This exploratory film follows his journey as he undergoes medical treatment for cancer and fulfills his final wish to have his remains disposed of in the most natural of ways. For Clark, his legacy is not the burial but rather the documenting of his life as he lives his last days, he says: “Without this, dying of lymphoma is pointless.”

This film delivers a surreal account of one man’s experiences and the family and friends that support him. Great efforts are taken to perform tasks which many of us would not be comfortable with. There are scenes which some may find unsettling.

A will for the woods, acknowledging a life and a wish for natural disposition.

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1h 33m | TV-G