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How Can This Website Help You?
Funeral Help Center offers trustworthy, objective information about death, dying, funerals and grief to help you make informed end-of-life choices for yourself or someone you love when planning or arranging a funeral or memorial service, and to help you cope with the forever-loss of a loved one.
In addition, this site publishes informative articles about the history, traditions, rites and rituals that reflect how we, as human beings, both honor and remember our dead.
Who Operates This Site?
Chris Raymond runs FuneralHelpCenter.com. Previously, he served as the longtime editor of The Director – the official monthly publication of the National Funeral Directors Association and the world’s most widely read magazine for funeral directors, embalmers and other deathcare professionals. For many years, he also served as About.com’s expert on dying, funerals and grief.
Throughout his career, Raymond has spoken on various death and dying topics to funeral service professionals and consumers alike, and his articles have appeared worldwide in print and online publications.
Media Contacts & Questions
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Other Select Articles/Mentions
- “Maximize Your Membership,” a monthly column in The Director magazine, January 2021 – June 2023 issues.
- “Coping With Mother’s Day After Child Loss,” Irish Sudden Infant Death Association, March 16, 2023, firstlight.ie
- “Reset Lost & Found: What’s the Origin of This Funeral Superstition?” WBEZ Chicago, February 27, 2023
- “The Last Big Move,” TheDirector.edu, Summer 2022
- “28 Ways to Remember a Loved One on Valentine’s Day,” Wings newsletter, February 2022, wingsgrief.org
- “Member Talks!” podcast, December 23, 2021, Washington State Funeral Directors Association
- NFDA Publishes Tenth Edition of The History of American Funeral Directing, December 16, 2021.
- “Last Word: September 11, 2001,” The Director magazine, September 2021.
- “NFDA Student Membership Benefit: Work/Life Resource Program,” TheDirector.edu, Spring 2021
- “Last Word: The Cost of Inaction,” The Director magazine, April 2021.
- “A Brief History of NFDA – Spanning Three Centuries,” Southern Calls magazine, September 2020
- “Death of a Statesman: The Life and Legacy of Howard C. Raether,” Southern Calls magazine, September 2020
- “The Origin of ‘Taps,'” Rap Sheet, April 2020 issue, Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.)
- “How to Cope With the Physical Effects of Grief,” HOPE magazine, Spring 2020 issue, Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.)
- Death’s Garden Revisited essays on Cemetery Travel, October 31, 2019, cemeterytravel.com
- NFDA Releases First-ever E-book Version of The History of American Funeral Directing, April 8, 2019
- “How to Survive Thanksgiving Day Grief,” Hope for Bereaved newsletter, November 2018.
- NFDA Releases Ninth Edition of The History of American Funeral Directing, July 10, 2018
- “10 Funeral Professionals to Follow on Twitter for Constant Inspiration,” August 2017
- “How to Survive Valentine’s Day Grief,” Caring & Sharing newsletter, St. Catherine Hospice (Kansas), February 2017
- “Why do Mourners Place Stones on Jewish Graves?” KAVOD Connection newsletter, August 3, 2016
- “What is it Like to Write About Death, Dying & Funerals for a Living?” July 20, 2016, crakn.net
- “10 Ways to Honor Your Deceased Mom on Mother’s Day.” Southern Maryland Woman magazine, May/June 2016
- Cemetery Travel: Adventures in Graveyards Around the World, April 29, 2016
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