Valley of Life | Online Memorial Blog

As a young adult in your 20s or 30s, sometimes the last thing you want to think about is death or planning a funeral for yourself. However, being young doesn’t mean you should wait to write a will, even if you only have a few assets. As an adult, you know what you do and do not like, but your family may not know how you feel about funeral arrangements or distributing your assets. Simply put, without a will, you have no say over what happens to your belongings and your body after you are gone.

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Continued from 10 Tips to Make Funeral Planning Easier, Part 1 (more…)

When it comes to preplanning your own funeral, it may be hard to know where to start or what steps to take. Use the following checklist to help you get started with one of the most important plans you will make in your life. Today we’ll examine the first five tips. (more…)

Fifteen-year-old Sasha Rodriguez’s life ended tragically early from drug intoxication after she attended a recent rave at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. According to an “L.A. Times” report, the teen took ecstasy, became dehydrated, passed out and hit her head. Rodriguez’s friend tried to shield her from the crowd, but people stepped on the girls nevertheless. As a result, the teen suffered respiratory failure and the failure of multiple organs, from which she never recovered.

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For those of you wondering exactly what constitutes a green burial, below are the basic elements required for a burial to be considered eco-friendly or “green.” (more…)