A A Quarantine Funeral.... Is that how it was supposed to end? E I ast Haven Memorial Longobardi Brennan Funeral just been heartbreaking to watch and share with these families. done. As our Town, State and Country begin to resume some Home has been sening East Haven and its surrounding Acommunities for 81 years. Since 1939, this business has focused on helping families say goodbye to their loved ones In the end, it shouldn't have been just a phone call from that to grieve? Was what you did enough, or do you require more? in a variety of ways. There is no "correct" way to do exactly healthcare worker who has been providing daily updates to that and over the years, we have made every effort to adapt and adjust with the times. Just recently, prior to the mandated quarantine orders, our facilities received a total renovation. Those improvements worst news you will ever receive. Then your next step was to included; new carpeting throughout, paint, wallpaper, lighting, call a funeral home for help and be told a direct cremation way to grieve. No one person is the same and everyone requires furniture and an upgrade to an already state of the art audio/ video system. Another memorial wall was also added to help not allowed to go to church or have a funeral home service, Haven Memorial family would like to offer is this; whether you display various mementos, photos and keepsakes. This ability no viewing to see and say goodbye, just a closed casket or an to personalize a service is one of the many things that set our funeral home apart. This is not how anyone should have had to say goodbye normalcy or what will now be our new normal, it will be time to to someone who played such an important part in their life. make some difficult choices. How will we choose to continue Did your loved one deserve a more public celebration? Do you deliver that devastating news. There was no opportunity to sit at need a ceremony to finally gather those close to you for the love the bedside and hold their hand, talk to them and offer comfort. All you got was the voice of a stranger delivering some of the heart can adequately answer those questions. and support you were unable to receive? Only you and your Like I said earlier in this article, there is no correct or right or direct burial was basically your only options. You were different things in order to heal. What myself and the entire East used our funeral home to handle the direct burial or cremation urn sitting on the ground at the cemetery. If you did choose a services originally, it doesn't matter. You can use our services private service, there was just enough time for a few prayers, and facilities at a discounted rate to get that closure you haven't some quiet reflection, and a quick wave to others in attendance, found yet. You can have a wake, plan a memorial service with a video slide show, display important items/memorabilia around the place, create a custom music play list, or whatever The manner in which we have had to conduct these then back to your car to head home for more isolation. Nobody wanted it this way but we were all left with no quarantine funerals are not the way anyone should have had to say goodbye. Watching those few immediate family members standing around a grave at a safe distance from each other, choice. Under the circumstances, it was the best that could be your mind can come up with. Call us to discuss any thoughts not being able to embrace, hold a hand or shed a tear without it getting stuck in a mask was wrong on so many levels. Then there were the other family and friends who were not allowed to attend, yet feel that same loss with even less options to deal with their grief. I love my job, when allowed to do it properly but everything about these past few months has you may have and let us offer you some guidance. Once the social distancing and quarantine restrictions are lifted, please come by to tour our newly renovated facilities. Like so many things, it is just a feeling you get. Come and see if East Haven Memorial is a place where you can find that comfort and peace that you were denied, when you needed it most. EAST HAVEN MEMORIAL Longobardi- Brennan 203-467-1708 ehmfh@aol.com FUNERAL HOME 425 Main Street, East Haven easthavenmemorial.com A A Quarantine Funeral.... Is that how it was supposed to end? E I ast Haven Memorial Longobardi Brennan Funeral just been heartbreaking to watch and share with these families. done. As our Town, State and Country begin to resume some Home has been sening East Haven and its surrounding Acommunities for 81 years. Since 1939, this business has focused on helping families say goodbye to their loved ones In the end, it shouldn't have been just a phone call from that to grieve? Was what you did enough, or do you require more? in a variety of ways. There is no "correct" way to do exactly healthcare worker who has been providing daily updates to that and over the years, we have made every effort to adapt and adjust with the times. Just recently, prior to the mandated quarantine orders, our facilities received a total renovation. Those improvements worst news you will ever receive. Then your next step was to included; new carpeting throughout, paint, wallpaper, lighting, call a funeral home for help and be told a direct cremation way to grieve. No one person is the same and everyone requires furniture and an upgrade to an already state of the art audio/ video system. Another memorial wall was also added to help not allowed to go to church or have a funeral home service, Haven Memorial family would like to offer is this; whether you display various mementos, photos and keepsakes. This ability no viewing to see and say goodbye, just a closed casket or an to personalize a service is one of the many things that set our funeral home apart. This is not how anyone should have had to say goodbye normalcy or what will now be our new normal, it will be time to to someone who played such an important part in their life. make some difficult choices. How will we choose to continue Did your loved one deserve a more public celebration? Do you deliver that devastating news. There was no opportunity to sit at need a ceremony to finally gather those close to you for the love the bedside and hold their hand, talk to them and offer comfort. All you got was the voice of a stranger delivering some of the heart can adequately answer those questions. and support you were unable to receive? Only you and your Like I said earlier in this article, there is no correct or right or direct burial was basically your only options. You were different things in order to heal. What myself and the entire East used our funeral home to handle the direct burial or cremation urn sitting on the ground at the cemetery. If you did choose a services originally, it doesn't matter. You can use our services private service, there was just enough time for a few prayers, and facilities at a discounted rate to get that closure you haven't some quiet reflection, and a quick wave to others in attendance, found yet. You can have a wake, plan a memorial service with a video slide show, display important items/memorabilia around the place, create a custom music play list, or whatever The manner in which we have had to conduct these then back to your car to head home for more isolation. Nobody wanted it this way but we were all left with no quarantine funerals are not the way anyone should have had to say goodbye. Watching those few immediate family members standing around a grave at a safe distance from each other, choice. Under the circumstances, it was the best that could be your mind can come up with. Call us to discuss any thoughts not being able to embrace, hold a hand or shed a tear without it getting stuck in a mask was wrong on so many levels. Then there were the other family and friends who were not allowed to attend, yet feel that same loss with even less options to deal with their grief. I love my job, when allowed to do it properly but everything about these past few months has you may have and let us offer you some guidance. Once the social distancing and quarantine restrictions are lifted, please come by to tour our newly renovated facilities. Like so many things, it is just a feeling you get. Come and see if East Haven Memorial is a place where you can find that comfort and peace that you were denied, when you needed it most. EAST HAVEN MEMORIAL Longobardi- Brennan 203-467-1708 ehmfh@aol.com FUNERAL HOME 425 Main Street, East Haven easthavenmemorial.com