Creative Ways To Approach the Inevitable
A Blog by Fitting Tribute's owner Amy Cunningham
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February 2018
- Feb 17, 2018 Some of the Funeral Business Just Left the Funeral Business Feb 17, 2018
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January 2018
- Jan 18, 2018 GREAT FUNERAL MUSIC: MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE Jan 18, 2018
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May 2016
- May 8, 2016 THE BEST GREEN CEMETERIES IN NEW YORK May 8, 2016
- May 1, 2016 THE CASE FOR HIRING A PROFESSIONAL FUNERAL PHOTOGRAPHER May 1, 2016
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April 2016
- Apr 29, 2016 DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD DECORATE THE CREMATION CASKET? Apr 29, 2016
- Apr 28, 2016 FACTS ABOUT CREMATION FOR PEOPLE IN MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN Apr 28, 2016
- Apr 27, 2016 FLOWERS THAT COMMUNICATE Apr 27, 2016
- Apr 25, 2016 DEATHS OF PRICE AND DAVID BOWIE DEMONSTRATE TWO APPROACHES TO CREMATION Apr 25, 2016
- Apr 20, 2016 GOOD FUNERAL MUSIC: TCHAIKOVSKY'S "ANDANTE CANTABILE" Apr 20, 2016
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March 2016
- Mar 31, 2016 FOR MARVIN HAMLISCH'S FUNERAL: "MEMORIES" MAGNIFIED SIX HUNDRED TIMES Mar 31, 2016
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January 2016
- Jan 22, 2016 SHROUDS MADE IN BROOKLYN SEIZE THE LIMELIGHT Jan 22, 2016
- Jan 14, 2016 WICKER CASKET IS THE EMBLEM FOR A NEW KIND OF FUNERAL Jan 14, 2016
- Jan 5, 2016 WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE FUNERALS IN "GAME OF THRONES" Jan 5, 2016
- Jan 5, 2016 The Fact that MLK Jr. Foresaw His Death Was Acknowledged at His Funeral Jan 5, 2016
- Jan 2, 2016 Trinkets and Cookbooks Can Be Featured at the Funeral Jan 2, 2016
- Jan 1, 2016 Good Irish Funeral Music: "Danny Boy" Revisited Jan 1, 2016
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December 2015
- Dec 16, 2015 THE END OF THE LINE FOR FORMALDEHYDE Dec 16, 2015
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November 2015
- Nov 9, 2015 URNS OF ENDEARMENT Nov 9, 2015
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June 2015
- Jun 9, 2015 YOUR END-OF-LIFE TOOLKIT Jun 9, 2015
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May 2015
- May 18, 2015 Morbid Poet or Canny Pre-Planner? May 18, 2015
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February 2015
- Feb 18, 2015 Last Woolen Testament Feb 18, 2015
- Feb 15, 2015 Good Funeral Music: "It is Well With My Soul" Feb 15, 2015
- Feb 9, 2015 What Franz Schubert Requested as He Lay Dying Feb 9, 2015
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January 2015
- Jan 30, 2015 For Couples Who Wish to Spend Eternity Together Jan 30, 2015
- Jan 2, 2015 Ties That Bind: Memorials From His Neckwear Jan 2, 2015
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December 2014
- Dec 10, 2014 World Funeral Liturgy Dec 10, 2014
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September 2014
- Sep 26, 2014 THE DREADED BAG ZIP: FROM PERFUNCTORY TRANSFER TO TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE Sep 26, 2014
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June 2014
- Jun 11, 2014 Grieving on a Grand Scale Jun 11, 2014
- Jun 10, 2014 Contemporary Urns and Keepsakes with Vintage Sensibility Jun 10, 2014
- Jun 9, 2014 Good Funeral Music: "God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds" Jun 9, 2014
- Jun 9, 2014 Not Every Ex-Wife Gets to Speak... Jun 9, 2014
- Jun 9, 2014 The Ultimate Pine Box Jun 9, 2014
- Jun 8, 2014 The Cemetery Walk Out Jun 8, 2014
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April 2014
- Apr 6, 2014 Forever Uplifted, Solid and Safe Apr 6, 2014
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March 2014
- Mar 26, 2014 Beethoven's Last March Mar 26, 2014
- Mar 25, 2014 Good Funeral Music: "I'll Be Seeing You" Mar 25, 2014
- Mar 17, 2014 Good Irish Funeral Music: "Be Thou My Vision" Mar 17, 2014
- Mar 9, 2014 Good Funeral Music: "Smile When Your Heart is Aching" Mar 9, 2014
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February 2014
- Feb 18, 2014 Good Funeral Music: "O God of Loveliness" Feb 18, 2014
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January 2014
- Jan 24, 2014 Good Funeral Music: "Morning Has Broken" Jan 24, 2014
- Jan 4, 2014 A Mentor's Farewell to Marilyn Jan 4, 2014
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December 2013
- Dec 23, 2013 Lutheran Pastor Recalls Productive Life Stolen by Mental Illness Dec 23, 2013
- Dec 17, 2013 Good Funeral Music: "Pie Jesus" Dec 17, 2013
- Dec 5, 2013 Good Funeral Music: "What'll I Do?" Dec 5, 2013
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November 2013
- Nov 13, 2013 Sacred Music Composer John Tavener Is Dead Nov 13, 2013
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September 2013
- Sep 3, 2013 Bagpipes, Brahms, and a Single Poem Complete Heaney Funeral Sep 3, 2013
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June 2013
- Jun 28, 2013 Good Funeral Music: "Bring Him Home" Jun 28, 2013
- Jun 6, 2013 Female Pall Bearers Carry Father Greeley Jun 6, 2013
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May 2013
- May 26, 2013 Good Funeral Music: "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" May 26, 2013
- May 5, 2013 Scenes from an Opry Homegoing May 5, 2013
- May 5, 2013 Joy in the Mourning May 5, 2013
- May 2, 2013 Today "Taps" is Mostly Lip-Synced May 2, 2013
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April 2013
- Apr 30, 2013 Good Funeral Music: "Forever Young" Apr 30, 2013
- Apr 26, 2013 The Passion of a Musical Farewell Apr 26, 2013
- Apr 22, 2013 Good Funeral Music: "Wind Beneath My Wings" Apr 22, 2013
- Apr 22, 2013 There Is No Death in Nature Apr 22, 2013
- Apr 22, 2013 Photo Collage Casket Apr 22, 2013
- Apr 22, 2013 New Twist on "My Way" Apr 22, 2013
- Apr 22, 2013 Fluttering Petals Graveside Apr 22, 2013
- Apr 10, 2013 My ICCFA 'Best in Show' Apr 10, 2013
- Apr 8, 2013 Unadorned Casket for the Quintessential New Yorker Apr 8, 2013
- Apr 7, 2013 On the Inevitability of Separation Apr 7, 2013
- Apr 6, 2013 Serenity Now Apr 6, 2013
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September 2009
- Sep 22, 2009 My Painted Stairs Sep 22, 2009
- Sep 22, 2009 Online Hallelujahs Sep 22, 2009