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Welcome to Walker Funeral & Cremation Service's blog for death and

funeral-related content

My name is Jamie. I am a funeral director, embalmer, one of the funeral home's owners, and most recently, a thanatologist. After graduating from mortuary school and beginning to work as a licensed professional, I realized there was much more to this career than what I had been presented with in mortuary school. Caring for the dead human body is one crucial aspect of our job. However, caring for grieving family members is the heart and soul of funeral service. I felt there was much more to learn about death and grief to serve grieving families better. In December 2022, I graduated with a master's degree in Thanatology, studying death, dying, grief, and bereavement. I realize death is an uncomfortable topic to discuss, so, let's talk about it! This blog will provide funeral and death-related content to those interested in the subject. We will all experience the death of a loved one, and we will experience death ourselves one day. To contemplate death's purpose and place in our lives is a life-long journey. Let this space serve as a source of information to help have conversations about death with your friends and family.