While strong traditions are the core of how we serve our families today, we recognize the changing needs of those we serve. It is this understanding that has allowed us to provide our community with the tools to help distant friends and relatives to celebrate the life of a loved one while at the same time helping those at home.
At Merritt Funeral Home, we strive to provide our families the very best. We believe in maintaining a high standard of excellence. We believe that adapting to the future is one of the best ways to stay close to our traditional past. And we believe in celebrating a life lived. This website was built specifically to help our friends and families within the Mendota community - even those who are outside the city limits.
At Merritt Funeral Home, we strive to provide our families the very best. We believe in maintaining a high standard of excellence. We believe that adapting to the future is one of the best ways to stay close to our traditional past. And we believe in celebrating a life lived. This website was built specifically to help our friends and families within the Mendota community - even those who are outside the city limits.
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Charles Edson Merrritt was born in 1864, during the final years of the Civil War. He moved to Mendota with his wife and eight children in 1914 from Lanark, Illinois. Although college educated, he learned the business of undertaking by working for a local firm that owned a furniture store while at the same time offering their services as undertakers.
Most of us plan ahead in life. We plan for our wedding, our children's education, family vacations, and other significant expected life events. We also plan for the unexpected events of life by purchasing home, auto and medical insurance. Understanding the benefits of pre-planning has prompted many to take the step to plan their own arrangements.
Many who have undergone the emotional strain of arranging a funeral within hours of losing a loved one have made the choice to pre-plan their own funeral. Doing so lifts the burden from their loved ones by relieving decision-making pressure at a time of grief and emotional stress. Funeral arrangements are a deeply personal choice.
Most of us are not prepared to plan and carry out a funeral ceremony for someone we love. And so much of the information available on this critically important subject fails to focus on what is most important: having a personalized, meaningful funeral that helps families and friends begin the healing process of mourning after the death of someone we love.
Someone you love has died. You are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts and feelings regarding the death and the person who died. It is an essential part of healing. The following articles provide many practical suggestions to help you move toward healing in your unique grief journey.
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