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Final Passages - Final Passages is a model project offering education for personal and legal rights concerning home or family-directed funerals and final disposition (burial and cremation). It is our intention to re-introduce the concept of funerals in the home as a part of family life and as a way to de-institutionalize death. We are dedicated to a dignified and compassionate alternative to current funeral practices.

Funeria - Art defines culture and communicates who we are. Personal memorial art has the added capacity to reflect something of our character, eye for beauty, and values. You’ll see the most original and compelling examples of contemporary funerary urns, vessels and artwork being created by artists today during our Ashes to Art® exhibitions. You can acquire the most beautiful and superbly cafted of them right here, through FUNERIA®.

KINKARACO™ - is a company dedicated to providing beautiful affordable dignified burial shrouds to be used in the natural burial of Human Beings. “Look beautiful -in the last thing you’ll ever wear.”

Last Wish - "Scattering of a loved one's ashes is an ancient custom that different individuals choose for reasons that are special to them. That the choice is made out of love, makes your choice special to me..."

LifeGem - is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life.

Life Stories - Forever LifeStories are made by families working with our specially trained Biographers. They may include photos, spoken descriptions, text, video clips, old film reels, awards, or other memoribilia. These items are captured digitally at one of our Forever Studios locations, and preserved as a permanent part of the Forever Memorial Archive.

Lundgren Monuments - creates handmade translucent cast glass memorials as an alternative to the traditional granite and bronze headstones. Luminescent, organic, rugged and incredibly beautiful, cast glass monuments actually glow with life and spirit, standing out as a beacon amongst a field of stones. Lundgren Monuments presents the original cast glass memorial. There is nothing like it in the world.

The Museum of Funeral Customs provides the public with a deeper understanding of the history of American funeral and mourning customs, funerary art and practice; fosters an appreciation of history within the funeral profession; and encourages further study on the subject.

The Obituarian - The Obituarian is a professional writing service that specializes in artful, end-of-life stories that capture the essence of who we are and how we lived. Available to surviving family members as well as people participating in the planning of their own memorials. For publication in obituary sections of newspapers and on memorial sites on the World Wide Web. Started by a former journalist, a skilled interviewer, reporter and writer. You don’t have to be famous to have a story worthy of telling.

Your Story - For occasions that matter, YourStory plans events and celebrations with your story in mind.