Posts Categorized: Marc’s Musings

I often talk about my sister Bev and how her death was a defining moment in my life when I would seriously contemplate becoming a Funeral Director.  I talk about rubber stamp funerals and how we have broken away from them to make a Funeral Service whatever it is that we need it to be. … Read more »

A recent survey of Canadians would say that there are not enough options in Funeral Service and if there are options, they are not being communicated well.  With an estimated forty percent cremation rate and a move to what is described as a “simpler but more meaningful service”, it seems that everyone is trying to… Read more »

Thirty years ago today Gail and I were married.  So much has changed since that day…the table we used to set for two now gets set for ten when everybody is home.  I’m a husband, a dad, a father in law and a papa.  My grandson Lucas turned four last week and as I read… Read more »

Last Saturday I went to Rev. Alvin Armstrong’s 100th birthday party.  I know that the space I have to write one Marc’s Musings cannot begin to list Alvin and Wilma’s life accomplishments let alone the vast number of changes they would have seen in that many years.  I could just imagine that if Alvin was… Read more »

A frequent question that I am asked is “What if something should happen when we’re on vacation?”.  The truth is that it can become very expensive to bring someone home if he or she dies while on vacation.  Another truth is that many, if not most Funeral Homes offer Guaranteed Travel Assistance Plans that will… Read more »

Happy New Years to everyone!  I would like to thank Jane Ablett for this weeks Marc’s Musings.  Jane sent this letter to me just before New Years and it really means a lot to me.  All of the staff here thought that I should ask Jane if I could include her letter in the paper… Read more »

  If I could give something to you this Christmas, this is what it would be: Patience It seems that we are always in a hurry and maybe at Christmas time it’s even worse.  When you’re in the grocery store on the day before Christmas and somebody just took the last loaf of bread, you’re… Read more »

This past Sunday Gail and I went to a small community church near Chatham and became Godparents to a couple of boys who lived with us a few years ago.  After the service we went back to their house and watched as they opened some Christmas presents from their grandparents who they won’t be able… Read more »

The Blenheim Community Funeral Home would like to thank the following people for their help with the Christmas Memorial Tree this year:  To all of you who offered trees to us:  Anne Campbell, Betty Allen, Paul Welton, Nancy Ardis and for the tree that we have this year from Mr & Mrs Leo Verhart, a… Read more »

December 1, 2010:  My Mom would have been 80 years old today.  It’s hard to believe that it’s been thirteen years since she passed away.  Sometimes I try to form a picture of what she would look like now but I can’t.  I wish that my Mom could have met Makaila, Rachel and Anna and… Read more »