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How to Write an Obituary (with Free Templates!)

This article will guide you step-by-step on how to write an obituary, and includes free templates to help you get started.

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After.com Raises $4M to Expand Funeral Insurance and Tech-enabled Cremation Business

Oversubscribed Seed round was closed just 7 months after raising a $1M Pre-seed round.

Funeral pre-planning

3 Ways to Save on Funeral Costs

Losing a loved one is hard, and worrying about funeral expenses can add to your heartache. Death is a time when a family should be mourning and remembering the life of a loved one, but you may find yourself stressing over funeral plans and expensive services instead.

Cremation services

What is Direct Cremation?

Learn more about Direct Cremation and how it differs from traditional burial funerals.

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Funeral pre-planning

3 Ways to Save on Funeral Costs

Losing a loved one is hard, and worrying about funeral expenses can add to your heartache. Death is a time when a family should be mourning and remembering the life of a loved one, but you may find yourself stressing over funeral plans and expensive services instead.

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Funeral pre-planning

5 Myths About Pre-Paid Funeral Plans

In this article, we debunk some of the most common funeral preplanning myths and explain how prepaid funeral plans really work.

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Cremation services

3 Reasons Cremation Will Save You From Burial Headaches

Cremation provides grieving families with a more affordable way to memorialize loved ones, without the additional headaches and heartaches of burial planning.

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Cremation services

How is After different from a traditional funeral home?

We're shifting the power from funeral homes to families—saving them time, money and energy for what matters most.

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Funeral pre-planning

Life Insurance vs Funeral Insurance

Learn more about how your life insurance may not cover your funeral and how funeral insurance provides the peace of mind you need and the simplicity your family wants by pre-planning your arrangements.

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Funeral pre-planning

What is Funeral Insurance?

Preplan your own final arrangements online in minutes, giving you and your loved ones peace of mind in your final moments.

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