One of the major goals at the Legacy Funeral Homes is to make arrangements easier for the families that we serve. With the help of technology we are able to provide information for families before they come to the Funeral Home. We are pleased to help you with writing and submitting the obituary and consider it a part of our service that you don’t pay extra for. We have a form to help make it easier for you and can answer any questions about cost.

There are many ways to say farewell from formal funeral services to private home-setting celebrations. They all form a part of the way we say goodbye. Obituaries or death notices, however, are a public way we share our final farewell celebration. It is part of the way we say goodbye – the public posting of final words. Some obituaries indicate much thought and much reflection on the life that was lived.

A death notice is a minimal amount or notice. An obituary is usually a more detailed account of a person’s life and is often prepared for the newspaper from a form that the family fills out. Obituaries are a written form of collective remembrances. They remind us of others as well as ourselves – parents or grandparents of friends, the young suddenly departing, the loss of `valiant struggles’ against diseases not yet conquered.

When community members leave, whether we know them personally or not, we mark their time with us by publicly commemorating their passing. The final words are one way we say goodbye and the way we will remember. These final words are often the way survivors pay tribute, perhaps make amends, and express hope for immortality.

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