Listen to the podcast Social distancing measures meant to curb the effects of the novel coronavirus are forcing people to rethink what a funeral looks like right now. We talk with Elizabeth Fournier, the owner and undertaker at Cornerstone Funeral Services in Boring, Oregon and Marie Henry, a certified funeral celebrant and Portland-based market leader…
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Charlotte Memorial: Most local funerals are going virtual
Read original article By LIZ HARDAWAY It’s one thing to grieve a loved one’s death. It’s another to grieve their death during a pandemic. With the increasing spread of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised against domestic travel, preventing out-of-state families to join together for a funeral. Services are also…
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Bring’s Broadway Chapel: Ft. Huachuca precautions, UA president, rituals impacted
Listen to original story Ft. Huachuca pandemic precautions, UA president, rituals impacted plus, what role community has in supporting vulnerable groups during the pandemic.
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Musgrove Family Mortuary: Local funeral homes take precautions as they start to bury deceased COVID-19 patients
Read original article by Stephanie Rothman and KVAL.com Staff LANE COUNTY, Ore. - Local funeral homes are ramping up sanitation and making new changes to funeral proceedings. According to the World Health Organization, there is no evidence that diseases can be transmitted from a corpse. However, workers that transport former patients to the morgue and then…
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