NEW HAMPSHIRE FUNERAL RESOURCES & EDUCATION
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Stories

Learning From Others

Stories tell and they teach, and the stories recounted here do both. We are deeply grateful to those who have shared the intimate details of their loved ones in the following stories and photographs. If you have a home funeral story to share, please contact us.

On This Page

  • First-hand stories about family-and community-led home funeral experiences from families

Heidi's Story

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Heidi's marvelous life included a home funeral surrounded by family and a green burial nearby, just as she had hoped for.
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Penney's Story

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Penney's kitchen had a coffin with a pot of markers sitting on top of it, strategically placed to look over the raised beds in the yard.
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Kathleen's Story

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Kathleen​'s death and subsequent home funeral was both simple and complex, with surprising obstacles and rewards.
Read more...

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Have a Home Funeral
Complete Paperwork
Perform Body Care
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  • Home
  • How To
    • Find Help Fast
    • Learn the Law
    • Have a Home Funeral >
      • State Requirements for Home Funerals
      • New England Legal Requirements
    • Perform Body Care >
      • Cooling Techniques
    • Complete Paperwork
    • Arrange Disposition >
      • Comparison of Disposition Methods
    • Transport the Dead
    • Create Ceremony
    • Go Out Greener
    • Pay for a Funeral
    • Work with Professionals
  • Resources
    • FAQs
    • 2020 Funeral Home Price Survey
    • Tools for Community Education >
      • Infographics
    • Sample Forms
    • Glossary
    • Articles, Interviews, Podcasts, Videos
    • Writings, Books, and Forms
    • Disposition Statistics
    • Memorial Forests
    • Shop Local
    • Stories >
      • Read Their Stories
      • Heidi's Story
      • Penney's Story
      • Kathleen's Story
    • For Professionals
    • Special Circumstances >
      • Guidance for Care in the Home
      • Practical Guidelines
      • Ceremony Resources
  • Green Burial
    • Green Burial in NH
    • Green Burial Statistics
    • Green Burial Cemeteries in the US and Canada
    • Green Burial Resources >
      • Natural Burial Bylaw Language
      • Start Up Tips for Green Burial Cemeteries
      • 10 Things You Can Say or Do to Promote Natural Burial
      • Offering Green Burial in Your Hybrid Cemetery
      • Legal Burial Requirements by State
      • Green Burial Books
      • Photographs
      • Winter Burial
    • Conservation Burial
    • New Hampshire Embalming Law
    • Green Burial Survey
  • Presentations
    • Find a Speaker
  • Websites
    • Side Effects Publishing Website Design
    • Funeral Partnership.org >
      • What We Do
  • Contact