Earth Day 2019
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Foothill honors a commitment to reduce our carbon footprint. This is relative to managing memorials, brokering burials and hosting funerals in the Glendora area. Foothill Funeral & Cremation celebrates Earth Day each year. One way we do so is by encouraging green burial and eco-friendly funeral and burial options. “We want to be part of […]
Continue ReadingCrazy Cremation Urns
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Years ago, people opted for cremation to save money. Determined to take the lease expensive way out, these bargain-hunters shopped for bottom dollar urns. But times have changed, and with them, the reasons people choose crazy cremation over traditional burial with embalming and a casket. Today, motives tend more toward ecology in addition to economy. […]
Continue ReadingCremation Service: You can still go traditional
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Once upon a time, families who opted to cremate their loved ones usually chose the option because they didn’t want the expense and ceremony associated with a traditional funeral service and burial. But times have changed. At our Glendora mortuary, approximately 70 percent of mourners choose cremation over burial. Their reasons include everything from honoring […]
Continue ReadingCremation or Cremation Plus?
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Many people think that only two options exist relative to the disposition of their loved ones’ remains: burial, which includes casket-viewing-funeral-graveside-and-the-whole-shebang – or simple ceremony-less cremation. But those are just two in a laundry list of choices available to people making final arrangements for someone who has died. Circa 2019, options are basically endless. In […]
Continue ReadingAshes to Ashes, Dust to Dust (Cremation)
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People used to consider cremation disrespectful. They preferred hiring undertakers to embalm their loved one’s bodies and place the chemically-preserved remains in boxes they buried in the ground. Somehow, this practice was considered more respectful than cremation. Go figure. Now, thankfully, the practice of cremation is just as enthusiastically embraced as the more traditional method […]
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