Member News Funeral Homes Get Creative and Offer Drive-Thru/Drive-In Services In light of recent social distancing protocols, Kolssak Funeral Home in Wheeling, IL started offering private, ‘drive-thru’ style visitations at their firm. The facility and property are uniquely positioned so friends and families can remain in their vehicles and drive through to view the deceased and pay respects to the family. Kolssak has had a handful of families take advantage of this service. Meanwhile, in Shawnee, OK, Cooper Funeral Home hosted a service for a local veteran at a nearby bowling alley. The deceased spent a lot of his time bowling, so Cooper worked with the bowling alley to host the drivein funeral. Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home Moves Grief Support Online In an effort to continue serving grieving families. Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home in Hamburg, NY moved their in-person grief support groups to Zoom, renaming them “A Virtual Coffee Hour”. The funeral home partners with a local counselor to facilitate the gathering and help those who are feeling especially isolated and grief stricken during the pandemic. Evan J. Strong Funeral Home Sponsors Grief Webinar The funeral home, located in Calgary, AB, sponsored a webinar, And Along Came COVID-19…Healing Grief During a Pandemic, led by registered psychologist, Maureen Theberge. If you have news you’d like featured in upcoming issues of The Independent, email Adeline Border at aborder@ogr.org. 30 www.ogr.org | Summer 2020
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