Posts Categorized: Marc’s Musings

This week’s Marc’s Musings is thanks to Nancy Bacik… “The night of the Santa Claus Parade I had the opportunity to share Blenheim with a person from out of town. She could not believe that people would volunteer their time to decorate our beautiful memory tree and she wished her community would do something like… Read more »

I want to take the opportunity to thank everyone who supported the recent repatriation of John Robert Gallagher to Blenheim. From our departure in Toronto which was supported in a huge way by the members of the Kurdish Community to the elderly man who stood alone on a Toronto sidewalk and saluted us as we… Read more »

To everyone in Blenheim who came out Friday afternoon to greet and honour my son as he returned home to Chatham-Kent, I wish to express my heartfelt thanks. I cannot begin to tell you how deeply touched everyone in my family feels by your reception. We had no idea anything was being planned in town,… Read more »

I’ve been asked to do a Musings on how to purchase a grave in Chatham-Kent… Every cemetery in Ontario is governed by the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act which makes some things the same. However, some cemeteries are run by Municipalities and some cemeteries are run by a Board of Directors. Locally, Evergreen Cemetery… Read more »

Today is Remembrance Day. We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundred thousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada. Wars touched the lives… Read more »

Beginning this past January 1, 2015 an Estate Information Return must be received by the Ministry of Finance within 90 calendar days after a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee has been issued. The newly changed tax program requires an executor to assess, appraise and value any and all property owned at the time of… Read more »

I read an article last year that was entitled “Dressing Down Is The New Dressing Up”. The author of the article grew up in a time, and so did I, when attending a Church or a Funeral Service called for formal dress. When I was a kid we had “Sunday clothes” and “Sunday shoes”, and… Read more »

If you’re ever wondering what you should say, consider the ring theory. Draw a circle and make that circle the centre ring. In the center ring, put the name of an afflicted person; someone who is terminally ill or a person who just lost a job. Then draw a larger circle around the first one…. Read more »

Folks often ask if cremation is cheaper than burial and answer is always that it is, but it may not be as big a saving as you think it might be. Think about it this way: the cost of a funeral can be broken down into three parts; first the Funeral Home has its own… Read more »

I’ve been asked to use Marc’s Musings to talk about cremation… Cremation is the use of high temperature burning and vaporization to reduce a human body to dry bone. With cremation, the chamber that is used to facilitate the cremation (also called a retort) reaches a temperature of between 1100 and 1800 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately… Read more »