Happy Trails Funeral Parlor FD2361
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Services You Can Trust. Where Death care is Life care.
Ars Moriendi
The Art of Dying or Dying Well
Family Driven Reverent Body Care/Home Funerals
Natural Burial
ADVANCED PLANNING
What does a Death Midwife do?
A DEATH MIDWIFE guides and supports individuals and their families through all three stages of the dying process:
BEFORE – upon notice of terminal diagnosis or life-limiting illness
DURING – active dying and death, and
AFTER – unexpected death, final rites, care of the body, burial or cremation, funeral or memorial and bereavement.
A DEATH MIDWIFE provides information, guidance and support to both the death journeyer and their families from terminal diagnosis through final disposition.
DEATH MIDWIFERY combines the roles of death doula, spiritual counselor, end-of-life caregiver, home funeral guide and funeral director.
What is a Home Funeral?
HOME FUNERALS are when a loved one is cared for
at home after death, by family, giving them time to
gather and participate in:
- planning and carrying out after-death rituals or ceremonies
- preparing the body for burial or cremation by bathing, dressing and laying out for visitation
- keeping the body cool using noninvasive techniques, ice packs.
HOME FUNERALS invite family, friends, and community into
an authentic and healing after-death care experience
in a safe and familiar place, with care performed by loving hands.
What is a Natural Burial,
you wonder?
NATURAL BURIAL is the caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact that aids in the conservation of natural resources, reduction of carbon emissions, protection of worker health, and the restoration and/or preservation of habitat.
NATURAL BURIAL necessitates the use of non-toxic and biodegradable materials, such as caskets, shrouds, and urns.
All CASKETS, SHROUDS and URNS must be constructed from plant-derived, recycled plant-derived, natural, animal, or unfired earthen materials, including shell, liner, and adornments.
Fasteners and handles (other than those made from brass or chrome) are excluded from this requirement.