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Goodbye Casey

May 29, 2007 urngarden.com

Our hearts go out to the family of Casey Adams of Santa Rosa, CA who was killed this past weekend on a camping trip. 26 years old. Here’s the sketchy heart breaking story.

We’re noticing a trend of MySpace pages that are turning into online memorials and video tributes uploaded to YouTube. There’s even an archive of deceased Myspace members on My Death Space page.

Virginia Tech set up an official Virginia Tech MySpace page days after the shooting and more than 7650 people listed themselves as friends of that page.

A West Virginia blogger started a collection of personal web sites and MySpace pages of Virginia Tech victims. West Virginia blogger says, “I am doing this in good taste. I hope it doesn’t offend anyone. The reason behind this is that it’s one thing to hear a list of names on TV, or read them online, but if you take a second to view a bit of the persons personal life it will give you a deeper understanding of that person.”

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Generation X Decisions in Death

February 7, 2007 urngarden.com

The February issue of Mortuary Management’s Colleague Wisdom asks funeral directors around the country what the trends are with younger patrons planning funerals.

Generation X’ers are likely to choose cremation for a parent or older adult, but tend to make burial arrangements for a child.

A Colorado funeral home reports that the younger clients associate viewings and funerals with grief, and prefer “celebrations” for remembering over traditional funerals. Service details tend to be more creative, often coordinated by close friends of the family. Visitations include mementos, videos, and photos on display tracing the life of the loved one.

Video tributes tend to by chosen by the younger clients and even though the funeral home may offer that service, often Xrs choose to produce the a video on DVD or Powerpoint presentation themselves. From personal experience, the video tribute is a nice touch and really personalizes the service.

A funeral director in Oregon reports that his younger clients often request an ID viewing of the body before disposition.

Arizona reports that when asked the question, “What do you want for a final tribute?”, the answer is often …they are not sure what they want….but…they DO know what they DON’T want.

We see many of these trends in the Garden, families that come to us a year or two after the passing and decide on an urn and final resting place. It’s not unusual to hear about someone storing their loved one’s ashes in the temporary container on the nightstand beside their bed and then feeling strong enough to make a decision.

Families that choose to scatter the ashes sometimes like to plant a tree or place a memorial stone in the garden. More families are purchasing keepsake items and choosing to keep the ashes in the home as opposed to burial. On a whim, we decided to add a line of jewelry that discreetly holds a tiny amount of ashes or lock of hair and has been hugely popular with families.

It’s a personal choice.

Mr. Urngarden has been instructed to harvest anything of value and pack the rest into a mortar shell for a big fireworks show! Enjoy!

Things to Do Before You Die: Discourage all things that come in gray.

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