The Save Funeral Costs blog

The Save Funeral Costs blog offers a wide range of information on a variety of topics related to low-cost funeral planning, cremation and burial services.

Individual blog posts

The individual posts include details on how to locate low-cost headstones, what to write on a funeral flower card, funeral poems, how to select the funeral flowers, and how to cope with grief and loss. Additional details of established help organisations, tips on how to plan a meaningful and personalised funeral are just some of the many helpful posts included.

Remember, a funeral poem written by English poet Christina Rossetti.

When Great Trees Fall, a funeral poem by American poet Maya Angelou.

A Child of Mine, a funeral poem written by American poet Edgar Guest.

And Death Shall Have no Dominion, a funeral poem written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

For Everything There is a Season, a funeral poem written by King Solomon.

Requiem, a funeral poem by Scottish poet Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Steven Barratt - Founder of Save Funeral Costs
Founder: Steven Barratt

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