To buy an urn or not buy an urn…that is the question! If you’ve opted for cremation, the decision to purchase an urn is a personal choice…there’s no rule that says you need to. After cremation, the remains are placed inside a plastic bag which is then placed into a container quite like the one… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Marc’s Musings
2018-07-04 “Cherry Fest”
My daughter Lynn turns 37 on July 12th which means that Cherry Fest in Blenheim will be just a few days away. What that also means is thirty seven years ago I took my Kodak Instamatic camera (the one with the cube light bulb that turned a quarter turn each time you used it) and… Read more »
2018-04-11 “Anna’s Musings”
…and so Anna hijacked my Marc’s Musings this week (in the nicest way)…so here it is! “Anna’s Musings” Marc Eskritt has been recognized as the Blenheim & District Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year. In honor of tomorrow’s Awards Ceremony I have decided to hijack Marc’s Musings to write a Musing about Marc. As… Read more »
2018-04-09 “Thanks!”
2018-03-21 “Curling”
2018-03-14 “Lucas 8 years later…”
I was going back through some of my Marc’s Musings and found this one from March of 2010. Although the television shows have changed, nothing else has. We’re still best friends!! Did I ever mention that I am a proud father and grandfather??? Well, maybe just once or twice… This is my grandson Lucas James… Read more »
2017-10-11 “Ten things I’ve Learned”
My daughter Makaila challenged me to write down ten things I have learned in the last 36 years (since becoming a Funeral Director) and here they are… THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF. My father instilled that in my brain all my life. I was raised on a dairy farm. There were chores to do every… Read more »
2017-10-04 “Thanksgiving”
We have entered our fifteenth year here at the Blenheim Community Funeral Home. After a long time of not really taking any time away, we have been fortunate enough to find a part time Funeral Director who we trust to take care of families the same way that we would ourselves. Some of you have… Read more »
2017-09-27 “Slideshows”
Over the years it has become very popular to produce a slide show of still pictures and music and burn it onto a DVD to be played on a television or a screen during visitation. We can “loop” a slide presentation so that it plays continuously during the time that families are here; that way… Read more »
