Collins & Stone Funeral Home

Collins & Stone Funeral Home CELEBRATE YOUR LIFE We have served generations of families and we look forward to serving you in the millennium and beyond.

🕊 🌹 Our thoughts and prayers are with the Peppers family during this difficult time following the passing of beloved Dav...
11/15/2025

🕊 🌹 Our thoughts and prayers are with the Peppers family during this difficult time following the passing of beloved David K. Peppers. You may offer a kind word or share a memory with the family on our website at collinsandstonefh.com. 🕊🌹

Please keep the many loving family and friends in your prayers as they process this significant loss. 🌹🌹🌹
11/15/2025

Please keep the many loving family and friends in your prayers as they process this significant loss. 🌹🌹🌹

💙 💜 We the Collins and Stone family would like to pause to reflect on the life og Thelma Nolan. We extend our prayers to...
11/15/2025

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We the Collins and Stone family would like to pause to reflect on the life og Thelma Nolan. We extend our prayers to the family and dear friends as they process the passing of their dear loved one. You may offer your condolences and share a fond memory to the family on our website @ collinsandstonefh.com .

11/14/2025

Homegoing celebration for Winfred Harvey

Goodbye is not forever,nor silence without sound,it’s a pause upon the journey,till our paths again are found." 🕊🕊🌹🌹🌹🌹🕊...
11/14/2025

Goodbye is not forever,
nor silence without sound,
it’s a pause upon the journey,
till our paths again are found."
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A celebration of life will be held for the late Winfred Harvey, on Saturday, November 15, 2025. Services will be held at Collins & Stone Funeral Home beginning at 12 noon. You may offer a kind word or share a fond memory on our website collinsandstonefh.com .

A Homegoing celebration for the Margaret Bell will take place on Friday, November 14, 2025, at 11 AM, honoring her life ...
11/14/2025

A Homegoing celebration for the Margaret Bell will take place on Friday, November 14, 2025, at 11 AM, honoring her life and legacy. The service will be held 11am at The Park Church . Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.🌹

🕊 Heaven sings with joy untold,
Streets of light, and crowns of gold.
Laughter echoes, hearts are free,
A home of love, eternally. 🕊

Here’s the calm way to make sure a voice you love doesn’t disappear when a phone plan changes.Before you switch or cance...
11/05/2025

Here’s the calm way to make sure a voice you love doesn’t disappear when a phone plan changes.

Before you switch or cancel anything, open the phone and play each voicemail once so it fully downloads. If the line is about to be shut off, ask the carrier to keep it active for a few extra days. It’s much easier to save messages while the account is live.

On iPhone, open the Phone app, tap Voicemail, choose the message, then use the Share button. Send it to yourself by email or save it to Files so it lands in iCloud Drive. You can also AirDrop it to a computer. If the message is in Voice Memos instead of Voicemail, use the same Share button there and save it as a file. Most iPhones will save as .m4a, which is perfect.

On Android, open the Phone app and long-press the voicemail you want. If you see Save or Export, use it and choose Drive or your device’s Files app. If your model doesn’t offer export, put the phone on speaker and record it with the built-in Voice Recorder app, or use Google’s free Recorder if you have it. That will create a clear .m4a or .wav you can keep.

Make one safe place for everything. A simple setup is a folder called “Voicemails – [Their Name]” in Google Drive, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive. Mirror that same folder on a computer or an external USB drive so you have two copies. Cloud plus one physical copy is the goal.

Name the files so future you can find them in seconds.

An easy way to do this:

Start with the date (year-month-day), then the person, then a few words about the moment. Keep it all lowercase with underscores so it’s easy to read on any device.

Once you’ve saved everything, share the folder with one other trusted person. If you want a keepsake, we can combine the messages into a single “listening track,” even out the volume, and add a simple title card so your family can play it on anniversaries without hunting through files.

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Preneed means you make the plan now so your family isn’t guessing later. It has two parts:First, your wishes. Burial or ...
10/23/2025

Preneed means you make the plan now so your family isn’t guessing later.

It has two parts:

First, your wishes. Burial or cremation. Quiet or full service. Music, photos, who speaks.

Second, how it’s covered. You can pay now. You can pay monthly. Or you can simply record the plan and pay later. If you choose to fund it, the money goes into a state regulated insurance or trust account and we track it.

Why do people do this? Because 2 a.m. decisions are hard. When the time comes, your family can say, “This is exactly what mom wanted,” and move forward without arguments. Some items can be price guaranteed. Things like cemetery fees, newspaper placements, and death certificates usually are not.

Worried you might move? Ask about transfer and portability. Most plans can go with you. We walk you through how that works before you sign anything.

Have Medicaid questions? Preneed can help with spend down in some situations. The rules are specific, so we coordinate with your advisor or attorney to set it up correctly. We are not giving legal or financial advice. We are making sure the paperwork matches the rules.

Here is what the appointment feels like. We ask burial or cremation. We show two clear paths, a simple service and a full service. You choose how you want to handle payment, whether now, monthly, or plan only. We print a one page summary so everyone is on the same page. You leave lighter.

Good questions to bring. What is guaranteed and what is not. Is this transferable if we move. What happens if I pass before payments end. If there is money left over, who receives it.

Bottom line. Preneed is not about buying a funeral. It is about giving your family a calm, clear map on a day that will not feel calm. If you want to see how simple it can be, message us “preneed” and we will set a short, no pressure chat.

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Collins & Stone Funeral Home has been serving families in Rockford, IL for more than 20 years. The funeral home has been family owned and operated since it was founded in 1997. Services include a complete range of options, including everything from traditional funerals to direct cremations. Families enjoy the benefits of personalized services and custom planning from the caring team.

The compassionate funeral directors at Collins & Stone Funeral Home work hard to offer individualized solutions for every event. These funeral services encompass everything a family might request. Service options include traditional funerals, cremation services, memorial services, direct cremations, life celebrations, memorials, burials, urns, vaults, caskets, military honors, veteran services, honoring life, grief resources, pre-need funeral services, and more.

At Collins & Stone Funeral Home, the staff is comprised of dedicated professionals who are focused on creating quality funeral services for every service. This team assists with decisions and guidance for all decisions. Whether a family needs help choosing a casket or they would like advice for the flowers, rest assured knowing that a licensed funeral director is always available to help. Proven planning systems have been developed over the years, giving families a pathway to follow in designing every aspect of the funeral service.

The goal of these individualized funerals and cremations is to lighten the burden on the family and provide the support that is needed after the loss of a loved one. Not only are immediate planning services available, but the team at Collins & Stone Funeral Home also offers prearrangements that can be submitted online from the comfort of home.