Signs to Look for When Selecting a Funeral Home
Traditionally, funeral homes were selected by families because they had served the family for generations or because they were noted for catering to a certain religion. While many still select funeral homes based on their religion or relationship with the family, that paradigm is shifting. Families are more mobile today.…...
How to Use Technology to Preserve Your Legacy
We are living through a time where tradition, law and technology are struggling to keep up with each other. It is impacting every area of our lives, and even deaths. Today, you may be just as likely to hear about the death of a friend or associate from social media…...
What’s Best? An Open or Closed Casket?
Once a family has decided they would like to have a visitation at final services, the next decision will be whether that visitation will include a closed or open casket. Like just about everything else involving a funeral, this is a very personal decision. You should not feel pressured into…...
The Power of Pre-Planning Final Services
Back in the 1960’s “pre-planning” a funeral was seen as a way a funeral home could “lock-in” future clients and help establish the future of the business. To some degree it received some negative connotations, with images of greedy funeral directors upselling unneeded services to a person who only wanted…...
The Benefits of Pre-Planning Your Funeral
The Fares J. Radel Funeral Homes family has been proud to serve Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky families for generations. We’ve seen many changes in that time, from when we were one of the first funeral services in the country to use a motorized hearse. We’ve witnessed the growth in…...
What Are the Responsibilities of a Funeral Director?
The responsibilities of a funeral director are far-reaching and complex. Just like any other business, there are the business aspects of operating a funeral home. Most have employees, overhead, taxes to pay and profit and loss statements to be concerned about. On a community basis, funeral directors often play a…...
What are Some of the Different Types of Cemeteries?
What are Some of the Different Types of Cemeteries? Cemeteries, in some form, have been around for centuries. In North America, they grew from Church-based burial grounds to large, park-like public settings. It wasn’t uncommon for families to picnic and spend holidays in the cemeteries of the past. Today, many…...
Download our Free Guide on Pre-Planning Your Funeral
One of the more popular times to pre-plan a funeral is after experiencing the loss of a loved one. Sometimes such a death serves as a reminder of our own mortality. Perhaps we witnessed some of the decisions that needed to be made and want to avoid that burden for…...
Sympathy Flowers & Funeral Etiquette
While some final services are designed to be far more informal than in the past, it is still prudent to remember some simple forms of etiquette during visitation and final services. While most are common sense, it is always good to have a refresher. Know the difference between a memorial…...
Green Burial? What You Need to Know!
The funeral industry has undergone significant changes in the over 125 years that Fares J. Radel Funeral Homes have been serving the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas. In the last 10 years alone we have seen some major shifts. One of those has been in requests for more “green”…...
