by Meghan Henning | Jun 4, 2019 | Blog Posts, Cemetery in Lakefield, Final Resting Place Lakefield, Information
Annually on the third Sunday in June at the Lakefield Cemetery we celebrate Decoration Day. Decoration Day is a time honoured tradition where families visit the cemetery to pay respects to their loved ones by tidying up gravesites, cleaning cemetery memorials and...
by Meghan Henning | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog Posts, Grief, Information, Memorial Service in Lakefield
We have all heard the term “Fog of Grief”, that hazy, out of focus feeling, felt when we have experienced loss in our life. After the loss of a loved one we are confronted with the task of making many time sensitive decisions that are accompanied by what seems like a...
by Meghan Henning | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog Posts, Cemetery in Lakefield, Cremation in Lakefield, Final Resting Place Lakefield, Grief, Information, Memorial Service in Lakefield
From our experience we have found that cremation trends and changing attitudes toward the value of traditional services have often left families struggling to plan meaningful graveside services. With traditional burial there is often a finite amount of time between...
by Meghan Henning | May 29, 2018 | Blog Posts, Cemetery in Lakefield, Information
In the spring of the year and as we approach Decoration Day we are often asked about ways to clean cemetery memorials. Over time, regardless of whether your cemetery memorial is granite, bronze, marble, upright or flat exposure to the elements will cause deterioration...
by Meghan Henning | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog Posts, Cemetery in Lakefield, Information
When a death occurs, the survivors not only have to deal with their grief but the financial aspects of funeral, cemetery and cremation services. Many of us are not prepared for the loss of a loved one and may not have the financial means to pay for some, if not all of...
by Meghan Henning | Dec 12, 2017 | Blog Posts, Cemetery in Lakefield, Grief, Information
To many the holidays are a time of joy, celebration and tradition, a time to be shared with loved ones. To others the holidays are bittersweet, awash with feelings of loss and grief. As we are surrounded by the nostalgia of the holidays, to those of us who have...
