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Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on October 6th, 2020 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Afterlife, Death, Fear of Death, Funerals

Long before The Walking Dead premiered in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)posted blogs about how to prepare for a zombie apocalypse. Appearing every October, in celebration of Halloween, these posts were light-hearted attempts to encourage people to pay attention to an otherwise dull but important topic – disaster preparation. The idea […]

Pandemic Pre-Planning

Posted on May 13th, 2020 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Burial, Death, Fear of Death, Pre-Planning, Uncategorized

(Part 1 of a 2-Part Series) We have recently fielded lots of calls from people who are concerned about repercussions of COVID-19 relative to their end-of-life planning. With death featured so prominently in the news, we can’t escape thoughts about what would occur if it happens to us. And after working in the funeral industry […]

Good Habits to Adopt During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on May 5th, 2020 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Death, Fear of Death, Glendora, Uncategorized

Since COVID-19 will likely be around for some time, we need to develop healthy habits to keep safe. At Foothill Funeral & Cremation, we’ve developed Coronavirus-specific protocols to keep our employees and clients as healthy as possible. Click here to read our blog post about our COVID-19 Mortuary Practice. As a public service, we have […]

Pandemics & Plagues

Posted on April 24th, 2020 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Death, Fear of Death, Funerals

Very few news outlets these days cover anything besides the COVID-19 pandemic. A quick perusal of social and mainstream media will reveal America’s newfound obsession. But why are we so single-mindedly focused on Coronavirus? Surely other things are happening in the world. When all is said and done, chalk it all up to an underlying fear […]

Fear of Death

Posted on January 10th, 2020 by Foothill Funeral and Cremation | Leave a comment
Posted under Afterlife, Death, End-Of-Life, Fear of Death, Pre-Planning

A new Amy Adams movie centers around the common yet somewhat irrational fear of entering open or crowded spaces or even simply leaving the house, agoraphobia. But thousands of people suffer from a lesser known but equally alarming phobia, the fear of death, AKA Thanatophobia. While many, if not most, people are afraid to die, people […]

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