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Blog Death Dictionary

Posted on September 11th, 2018 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Burial, Caskets, Coffins, Cremation, Funerals, Glendora, Pre-Planning, Urns

Part 2 in 2-Part Series Last week, in an effort to educate our clients and friends, we started working on a dictionary relative to death-related terms. Click here to read that post. Then, read the following, to learn even more great stuff about all things death. Full Couch Casket A casket with a cover that […]

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Common Funeral Industry Terms: Death Dictionary

Posted on September 4th, 2018 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Burial, Coffins, Cremation, Death, Funerals, Glendora, Uncategorized, Urns

Our Own Death-Related Dictionary Part 1 in a 2-Part Series Have you ever heard a funeral director use unfamiliar terminology? We thought so. Like many entrepreneurs, we work far more than 40 hours a week. In fact, we relate to Sandra Bullock’s character in Miss Congeniality, who says, “I am the job.” Mortuary terminology is […]

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Social Media & Funerals

Posted on August 7th, 2018 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Cremation, Death, Funerals, Glendora, Memorials, Mortuaries, Mortuary

Part 1 in a 2-Part Series about The Weird & Wonderful Ways Social Media & Funerals Connect According to TechCrunch, the “average user” picks up his or her Smartphone 85 times per day. People walk into fountains, trees, vans and buildings because they’ve morphed into Smartphone Zombies. And while many use their devices for texting, reading, and […]

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Corrupt Funeral Home Directors

Posted on July 25th, 2018 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Cremation, Death, Funerals, Mortuaries, Mortuary

City Attorney Takes Corrupt Mortuary Directors to Task Dealing directly with people when they are at their most vulnerable and emotionally fragile, funeral directors should be a source of comfort and encouragement to clients. Instead, we often find ourselves part of an industry shrouded in controversy and chaos. Improper cremation procedures, doubling up on cemetery plots, […]

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Military Funeral Traditions, in Honor of Memorial Day

Posted on May 21st, 2018 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Burial, Cremation, Death, Funerals, Memorials, Military Honors, Veteran's Services

Most movies with military funerals show either a 21-gun salute or the presentation of the American flag to a grieving widow. Those honors are an important part of military funerals but are hardly the only official designations designed to celebrate fallen military men and women. In honor of Memorial Day, we wanted to blog about […]

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