I think for a loved ones final wishes
is never easy but the team at Hy
Radcliffe Funeral Homes and Cremation is
helping to make it easier on everyone.
Today we're joined by Joelle Ket
with more on how they're helping
families in the community be prepared
for that final farewell for loved ones.
It's such an important
thing Joelle and and you guys are have
been in the community for a numr
of years and that really matter.
You're finding right? Yes, absolutely.
Hedy Radcliffe Funeral Home was
established in 1936 by Mr. Rick.
Which is the grandfather to* Radcliffe,
who we're currently named after.
But through generations,
we've had Adkins, Radcliffe,
Ricketts and then Archel Hedy.
The third, who's part of the Hedy group
in the Louisville market came in in 1990.
And then my staff today gets to.
Carry on the generations of
the past and turn it into the
modern thing that it is today.
I think it matters when
something that personal
happens that emotional. You go for the
name that you know has been hero
long you all moved into a new building,
what just four years ago
we did April of 2019,
so we moved just down the road.
We were at 311 W Jefferson
and now we're at seven O 6.
The new building is all on one floor,
so it's very spacious.
One level is very easy for peope
that can't do stairs.
We have a lot more parking.
There's lots of rooms for space.
We can have more families at one
time if we need to gathering ro.
We have two event spaces in our Chapel.
You can actually walk
through the pews sometimes.
That's a big issue with
churches and things like that.
So it's just a great opportunity
for our families to personalize
and make it their own,
make it really spacious and comfortable.
You know, planning that farewels
never easy, but it is so import.
What tips would you offer people
for taking those first steps to?
To plan something out, like,
yeah, it's a conversation
everybody has to have.
You don't necessarily want to have it,
but it is something that has to be done.
We plan for our wedding.
We plan for the birth of our children,
vacations, college,
anything that you can think of,
you plan for.
But a lot of people delay this .
So it's just a conversation youe
to have and kind of ask your fa,
you know?
What do I want to leave in my
legacy and and how can I
accomplish that in my services?
Yeah, what
advice would you give people
for writing things down?
Is it important to document
everything and have something
in writing and and get it to
like you guys ahead of time?
Definitely. So a lot of people do their
wills or their living will or or maybe
purchase their cemetery plots wn
someone previously has passed a,
but they kind of forget about
finalizing either the cremation
or the funeral that they want.
So getting those wishes down,
we have things like personal
planning guides that you can
use or you can come in and
ask somebody you have like thers
downloadable things that you will have.
A personal planning guide is
kind of the the main thing.
It's a full packet that can kinf
walk you through even down to keepsakes.
You can list pall bears,
you can list what kind of flowers you want,
all those intricate details that
kind of make you you and and
what you want to represent you.
On that final day. I
went to memorial service this
weekend and everything was
planned out by that person.
It was so touching, right?
Because it was everything that
was his wish. Everything,
right down to the hymns and the flowers.
And I thought what a beautiful
thing like. And it became,
do you feel like out of those it becomes
a whole different kind of celebration.
Yes, it is. It's them.
It's, you know, you've got maybe a certain
color that families want to wea.
If someone is a Harley person,
you can park there Harley either
outside the Funeral Home or we'e
had them inside the Funeral Hom.
People that are are book reader.
You can give them away as keepss
if you had a library of your favorite
books or something to that natu.
It's beautiful. You you
mentioned going ahead and
like buying that plot.
There's different financial
things you can go ahead and
lock in and financing as well.
Yes, So that's one of the best s
you can actually give Your famiy
is kind of that Peace of Mind.
But by adding the financial aspect to
it versus just your Wis, it wis,
you do get locking in today's
prices for something that may hn
years and years down the road.
We hope so. Yeah, prices could
change by then and families dont
have to worry about that. Where
should people go For more information or if
they want to reach out to you and schedule?
Time just to sit down and talk the website
wouldbedignitymemorial.com/detas and
that's going to have where you n
get that personal planning guidd
fill out that information for yr
family and get started. All rig.
Joel, thank you so much. Thank .