Valley of Life | Online Memorial Blog

Anyone who has placed an obituary or death notice in a newspaper has noticed it is not cheap. Death notices placed in newspapers are tools that let acquaintances of the departed know the calling hours and the details about the funeral or memorial service. They can also serve as a record of a person’s death should their death certificate become unavailable. However, recently the costs of obituaries and death notices are seen as paid advertisements that mainly benefit the newspaper company.

(more…)

What happens to a person’s email account, social networking account and digital persona after they die? This question and other death-related online issues will be explored Thursday, May 20, during the Digital Death Day unconference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.

(more…)

To honor the memory of a co-worker, three North Carolina police officers from Duke University in Durham made a 250-mile memorial bike ride from Durham to Washington, D.C. The trek began Monday, May 10.

(more…)

Born into theater royalty in London on March 8, 1943, actress and playwright Lynn Redgrave died Sunday due to complications from a seven-year battle with breast cancer.

(more…)

In an effort to continue to provide top-of-the-line services for military families that have lost a loved one, Valley of Life is now offering new Life Story military templates to honor public servants and members of the various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

(more…)