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An Update regarding COVID-19 and its impacts on funeral, burial, and memorial services

MemorialAdmin • April 23, 2020

We are grateful your family has chosen to entrust your loved one into our care. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has required us to enact some adjustments to how we conduct arrangement conferences, viewings, funeral or memorial services, and other aspects of our processes. Our goal is to allow you and your family to spend as much time with your loved on as possible. Additionally, our hope is to provide your family the opportunity to still create a meaningful tribute to a life well lived that can be shared with everyone in the family and community.

 

Arrangement Conferences

We can and are willing to conduct in-person arrangement conferences where one of our licensed funeral directors will take the time to help your family make plans to commemorate the life of your loved while also preparing all of the necessary paperwork and details that will be needed. However, we also have invested in the ability for your family to make all of these arrangements with us virtually using a Zoom video conference. If that is something you are interested in, please discuss it with your funeral director when they contact you to set an appointment for you to meet with us. If you have loved ones from our of state that want to participate, we can also arrange for them to join the arrangement conference virtually via Zoom.

 

Viewings

Out of our concern for the safety of your family and all of our team members, we are adhering to current CDC guidelines and local ordinances regarding group gatherings, which currently require us to limit indoor gatherings to 10 individuals or less. We are still able to conduct a public viewing for your loved one, however, these guidelines do require that we “stagger” the viewing so that only 10 people at a time are allowed into our viewing rooms. We will ask family members and friends to wait outside as we allow 10 individuals in at a time. Additionally, we can stream the viewing to those who are unable to join in person due to illness or travel limitations.

 

Funeral or Memorial Services

A funeral or memorial service is a vital ceremony that allows your family to remember and honor the life of your loved one. It is a crucial step in the grieving process, and we want to make every attempt we can to ensure your family is still able to conduct a service. We can conduct an indoor service in one of our chapels or gathering rooms, where ten family members or friends will be allowed to physically attend. We can then stream the service using a Zoom video conference to all of those who wish to participate.

 

Cemetery Graveside Services

If your loved one is going to be interred in one of our beautiful cemeteries, we can also hold an outdoor graveside service. Current local ordinances allow us to have more than 10 people attend an outdoor service in Salt Lake County, so long as social distancing is adhered to.

John Allen Gilbert “Pop Pop”

By MemorialAdmin • April 5, 2023
John Allen Gilbert, “Pop Pop”, passed away April 1, 2023 at his home in Salt Lake City. He was born July 23, 1956 in Los Angeles, California to John Allen Gilbert and Patricia Sanderson. He married Delene Ann Gilbert on April 16, 1986. John was a mechanic, handyman, and a jack-of-all-trades. He loved music, playing … Continued The post John Allen Gilbert “Pop Pop” appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.

Austin David Westley

By MemorialAdmin • September 27, 2022
Austin David Westley, 32 passed away peacefully at home surrounded by those he loved after a brutal fight with appendix cancer. His beautiful soul touched so many lives and we will all forever be changed having known him. The world became a brighter place when Austin was born to loving parents David and Janis Westley … Continued The post Austin David Westley appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.

Grief Integration

By MemorialAdmin • September 21, 2022
  Written by Memorial Mortuary & Cemeteries in-house Grief Counselor, Amanda Nelsen How can I get closure? This is a question I hear on a pretty regular basis. And I completely understand what is behind it – we want to be able to put the painful feelings of grief behind us. We want to be … Continued The post Grief Integration appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.

Regret

By MemorialAdmin • June 30, 2022
Written by Memorial Mortuary & Cemeteries in-house Grief Counselor, Amanda Nelsen The topic of regret has been on my mind recently. I often hear clients talk about the regrets they had after a loved one died – some become quite reflective on things they could have done differently or “better” while their loved one was … Continued The post Regret appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.

Patrick Arthur Murphy

By MemorialAdmin • May 30, 2022
Our most beloved father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend unexpectedly returned to his loving God on May 20, 2022.   Patrick Arthur Murphy was born on July 4, 1942 in Coronado, California. Pat was a twin to his brother, Pete, rounding out the four sons of John Tennyson Murphy and Mable Burnett Murphy. Pat spent … Continued The post Patrick Arthur Murphy appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.

Navigating Grief During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic

By MemorialAdmin • March 30, 2022
    As a grief therapist, I have seen a lot of people grieving loved ones who died from Covid-19 over the past couple of years. A recent study has shown that people who have experienced the death of a loved one due to Covid-19, have increased mental health issues than a pre-pandemic death (Breen, … Continued The post Navigating Grief During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.

Why is a funeral so important?

By MemorialAdmin • September 26, 2019
  Recently, an article came out highlighting the incredible relationship between a mother Orca and her baby calf, who passed away shortly after being born. The mother, Tahlequah, used her snout to keep her deceased calf afloat for 17 days and covered over 1,000 miles of ocean in the process, an unprecedented display of mourning … Continued The post Why is a funeral so important? appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.

Coping With A Terminal Illness

By MemorialAdmin • May 7, 2019
Many of us have seen a loved one struggle with a terminal diagnosis. It isn’t something we like to talk about, but many of us will also get our OWN terminal diagnosis.  Having a terminal diagnosis brings its own type of grief and decisions to be made. How do you grieve your own death before … Continued The post Coping With A Terminal Illness appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.

Grief Resources for Children

By MemorialAdmin • January 3, 2019
Written by Memorial Mortuary & Cemeteries in-house grief counselor, Amanda Nelsen: I am often asked for resources for young children who have lost someone close to them. Stories are often a good way to open up dialogue with children and illustrate death in a more concrete fashion. I compiled some of my favorites for easy … Continued The post Grief Resources for Children appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.

Experiencing Grief During the Holiday Season

By MemorialAdmin • November 14, 2018
Written by Memorial Mortuary & Cemeteries in-house grief counselor, Amanda Nelsen: The holiday season is upon us again.  This can be a particularly tough time to navigate if you are grieving.  In fact, if you google “holidays and grief” the first result is for a depression/suicide hotline number.  Obviously, there is a lot of heartache … Continued The post Experiencing Grief During the Holiday Season appeared first on Memorial Mortuaries.
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