http://gayandciha.com It’s not about selling, a casket, or an urn. It's about the life that you wish to remember. Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Iowa City Hospice 2013 Walk for Dignity http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/iowa-city-hospice-2013-walk-for-dignity/ http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/iowa-city-hospice-2013-walk-for-dignity/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:04:26 +0000 admin http://gayandciha.com/?p=4793   Iowa City Hospice Walk for Dignity Celebrates 30th Anniversary and the Iowa City Hospice Volunteers! Iowa City Hospice is celebrating a significant milestone – 30 years of bringing comfort and peace to those we serve, adding life to each day. In 1983, Iowa City Hospice was founded by volunteers who were firm in one [...]

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]]> http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/iowa-city-hospice-2013-walk-for-dignity/feed/ 0 NAMI Walks – Iowa City 2013 http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/nami-walks-iowa-city-2013/ http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/nami-walks-iowa-city-2013/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:55:59 +0000 admin http://gayandciha.com/?p=4785 It’s time to start getting ready for the 2013 NAMI Johnson County WALK! The WALK date is set for April 27, 2012, and we’ve set an ambitious goal of $120,000 so we can try to complete some of our current projects and start some exciting new ones. Come WALK by the Iowa River and help [...]

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]]> http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/nami-walks-iowa-city-2013/feed/ 0 Community Support & Resources http://gayandciha.com/resources/ http://gayandciha.com/resources/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:05:24 +0000 admin http://gayandciha.com/?p=3914 Iowa City/Coralville Support Groups Bereavement Support Following a patient’s death, Iowa City Hospice bereavement staff is available to support surviving family members and friends throughout the grieving process. Iowa City Hospice bereavement support services are also available to individuals throughout our service area (Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine and Washington counties) who are grieving [...]

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]]> http://gayandciha.com/resources/feed/ 0 Webinar: Death of a Spouse – Moving from Grief to Recovery http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/grief-recovery-webinar-death-of-spouse/ http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/grief-recovery-webinar-death-of-spouse/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:24:18 +0000 admin http://gayandciha.com/?p=4748 In partnership with Tributes.com, we are pleased to be able to offer you and your loved ones a free online seminar on Grief Recovery (via telephone and your computer) entitled, Death of a Spouse – Moving from Grief to Recovery.  Please feel free to forward to anyone who you think might find this beneficial. Death [...]

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]]> http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/grief-recovery-webinar-death-of-spouse/feed/ 0 The Fishing Trip – Aftercare Reading http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/the-fishing-trip-aftercare-reading/ http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/the-fishing-trip-aftercare-reading/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:41:22 +0000 admin http://gayandciha.com/?p=4721 by Brian Hansen My grandfather died when I was only seven years old: that is more than 50 years ago. I remember him, but it is a cloudy memory for the most part with but one exception. The one crystal clear image I have of him is of a confrontation we had only weeks before [...]

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]]> http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/the-fishing-trip-aftercare-reading/feed/ 0 Can women be casket bearers? http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/can-women-be-casket-bearers/ http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/can-women-be-casket-bearers/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:44 +0000 admin http://gayandciha.com/?p=4636 Yes, women can be. Grandchildren can be. Anyone you designate can be a casket bearer. What’s cool is it involves the family. Even though it’s very difficult emotionally for people to carry their grandpa or their father, or whomever, to the grave it’s also something they can do that nobody else can do for them. [...]

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]]> http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/funeral-procession/feed/ 0 No Soliciting http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/no-soliciting/ http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/no-soliciting/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:06:56 +0000 admin http://gayandciha.com/?p=4510 Why am I receiving postcards in the mail and solicitations to make funeral arrangements from funeral homes that I am not familiar with? Some funeral homes have prearranged funeral counselors on staff. It is their job to go out and contact people through mail, telephone or in person and solicit future business. Some funeral homes [...]

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]]> http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/no-soliciting/feed/ 0 Rescheduled funeral http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/rescheduled-funeral-due-to-weather/ http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/rescheduled-funeral-due-to-weather/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:17:06 +0000 admin http://gayandciha.com/?p=4425 Has it ever happened that you’ve had to reschedule a funeral due to weather? In light of today’s snow storm everyone thinks of school getting cancelled and I wondered if it ever affected planned funerals. I have. Five times in my 32 years as a licensed funeral director. It has to be really, really bad, [...]

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]]> http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/rescheduled-funeral-due-to-weather/feed/ 0 Burial with wedding ring http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/burial-with-wedding-ring/ http://gayandciha.com/http:/gayandciha.com/burial-with-wedding-ring/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:11:03 +0000 admin http://gayandciha.com/?p=4407 My mother was married to my father for 61 years and never took off her wedding band. Can we bury her with it or do we have to take it off before burial? You can remove any jewelry you want from the deceased before the burial. You may choose to have it on during the [...]

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