Can Grandma Live Forever?
by Mark Noonan
0 I want my Grandma to live forever. But time is running short. How do I save her memories and stories? Lifestory Interview Contact us to schedule a time to…
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You Really Know Nothing About Your Grandparents
by Mark Noonan
0 Grandparents are mysterious creatures with a sea of knowledge and stories to tell that would make the Pope blush. But if you don’t ask them about their lives, you…
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Smart Move: Spend 10 Grand On A Casket. Then Bury It In The Ground Forever.
by Mark Noonan
0 When your Mom dies, spend ten grand on a casket. Then bury that money in the ground. Or…Spend way less on something with long-lasting value. What is it?… Lifestory…
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Grandparents Die Too Young
by Mark Noonan
0 They have so many amazing stories to share. It sucks. How can you save them? Lifestory Interview Contact us to schedule a time to speak and learn more about…
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Lifestory Interview – Save Memories & Stories!
by Mark Noonan
0 Hey Gen-Z! Millennials, I’m Looking At You! Even Gen-Xers, Listen Up! Your Grandma/Gramps/Mom/Dad/and Great Aunt Sally Aren’t Going To Live Forever! Save Their Best Memories & Stories Before It’s…
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#1 Fourth of July Family Time Talk
by Mark Noonan
0 While lounging around your patio enjoying hot dogs, pool play, and fireworks, remember this: Time is short. Your loved ones are here today. But in the blink of an…
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“Do Any Human Beings Ever Realize Life While They Live It?”
by Mark Noonan
0 The End of Lincoln Center Theater’s Production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” November 9, 1988 – April 2, 1989 Starring: Penelope Ann Miller Spalding Gray Frances Conroy Jeff Weiss…
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7 Tips To Deliver A Heartwarming Eulogy
by Mark Noonan
0 Breathe. All you have to do is tell everyone what they already know: how amazing your loved one was. It’s pretty simple actually. But we get inside our own…
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New Ideas! Lasting Letters
by Mark Noonan
2 Everyone has a letter in them. Sometimes you just need a little help writing it. “I am a letter midwife,” says Frish Brandt, President & Partner at the Fraenkel…
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5 Simple Steps to Write an Awesome Obituary
by Mark Noonan
2 The dreaded Obituary. No one wants to write it. But somebody has to. And unfortunately, that person is You! I feel your pain. But let’s try to make this…
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New Ideas! Death Over Dinner
by Mark Noonan
1 It all started with a University of Washington graduate course called Let’s Have Dinner and Talk About Death, taught by Michael Hebb and Scott Macklin. On August 24, 2013…
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To Embalm or Not To Embalm? That Is Not The Question
by Mark Noonan
0 The Question is: What Does Embalming Do To A Body? And more specifically: What Does Embalming Do To A Loved One? Embalming is a Temporary Preservative, like Nitrates in…
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New Options: Fireworks!
by Mark Noonan
0 Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson designed a 153 foot cannon shaped like a double thumbed fist clutching a peyote button rising from the hilt of a dagger that launched…
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Post-Life Profiles: Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble
by Mark Noonan
0 The Singing Nun. The Flying Nun. The Dying Nun? Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble wants you to remember you’re going to die. She’s not pushy about it. She doesn’t alarm…
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Pre & Post-Covid Bucket List
by Mark Noonan
0 The Pre-Covid Bucket List: Skydive into the Cave of Swallows. Order everything on the menu and pay with a pouch of pearls. Moonwalk firewalk. Ski down Mt. Everest in…
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Great Headstone Inscriptions
by Mark Noonan
1 Mark Noonan, Founder – Farewell Project Subscribe to my Blog Visit Farewell Project & Create Your Simple Plan So Friends & Family Know What You Want
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New Ideas! Legacybox
by Mark Noonan
0 Simply the best way to preserve your past. Receive Legacybox with pre-paid shipping label. Fill it up with VHS tapes, film, photos, audio recordings. Legacybox digitizes all of your…
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Funeral Industry Facts: Caskets
by Mark Noonan
0 There is no greater moneymaker for a funeral home than the Casket. The markup on Caskets is enormous: 300% – 600%. 75% of all Caskets are metal. Caskets do…
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New Options! Nature Preserves
by Mark Noonan
0 Traditionally, burial happens in a cemetery. With headstones. Caskets. Mowed grass. But times have changed. Environmentally sustainable burial options are now available. Nowadays you can choose an alternative: Nature…
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Top 5 Regrets of the Dying (and a fabulous scalloped potatoes recipe)
by Mark Noonan
0 Sinatra crooned, “Regrets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to mention.” Tom Rush sang, “No regrets, no tears goodbye…” And Edith Piaf belted out: “Non, Je…
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Greatest Obituaries in the History of Humanity: Harry Stamps
by Mark Noonan
0 “He loved bacon, women, and his over-size man remote.” “He definitely was one of a kind,” said friend, Wayne Catlett. “He always found humor in every situation. It was…
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Your Willpower Might Be Low, But You Still Need A Will
by Mark Noonan
0 71% of Americans Have No Will $30 Trillion in assets being transferred from Baby Boomers to their children. Got Kids? You need a Will. Own a House? You need…
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New Ideas! StoryWorth
by Mark Noonan
0 Each week for 1 year, a question is emailed to you to answer. After the year: all your answers are compiled and a physical memory book created that is…
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Is Cremation Green? Are There Eco-Friendly Alternatives?
by Mark Noonan
0 As the American cremation rate continues to rise (53% in 2019), the question becomes: Is Cremation environmentally-friendly? Cremation is far greener than a conventional “Embalming-Metal Casket-Concrete Vault” Package. And…
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How Do You Pay For A Funeral With No Money?
by Mark Noonan
0 Aunt Edna passed away. You loved Aunt Edna, she taught you how to rollerskate and curse like a sailor. Everybody liked her. But unfortunately she left behind very few…
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Funeral Industry Facts: Why Does The Funeral Industry Exist?
by Mark Noonan
0 The Funeral Industry Exists for 2 Reasons: To Embalm a Body To Sell You a Casket Funeral Bill is the 3rd Largest Expense of Your Life: House Automobile Death…
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The Best-Laid Plans of Mice & Men Often Go Awry
by Mark Noonan
0 Robert Burns was a poet so he enjoyed long elucidations. Put another way: Shit Happens. In life, the only constant is change. Death & Taxes. Yadda Yadda, you get…
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New Options! Biodegradable Caskets
by Mark Noonan
0 In the old days, if you chose burial, chances are 75% you’d be placed in a Metal Casket. Or maybe you’d fall for the upsell and go with Copper…
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The Memory Picture. The What?
by Mark Noonan
0 The whole reason for embalming a body is to create the…Memory Picture. The What? When someone at an open casket viewing says, “She looks great,” they’re talking about the…
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Greatest Obituaries in the History of Humanity: Mary “Pink” Mullaney
by Mark Noonan
0 WHITEFISH BAY, WISCONSIN: OBITUARY If you’re about to throw away an old pair of pantyhose, stop. Consider: Mary Agnes Mullaney (you probably knew her as “Pink”) who entered eternal…
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Post-Life Profiles: “Mobituaries”
by Mark Noonan
0 Mo knows obituaries. CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca created Mobituaries, an irreverent but deeply researched appreciation of the people (and things) of the past who have…
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New Options! Mushroom Burial Suit
by Mark Noonan
0 Mushrooms. Magic Mushrooms. Mushroom Burial Suit. Some would say it’s a natural progression. Created by M.I.T. research fellow Jae Rhim Lee, the Infinity Burial Suit is a handcrafted biodegradable…
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How To Have “The Talk”
by Mark Noonan
0 Not the birds and the bees. That’s on our sister site, the Puberty Project. There are two areas, both unavoidable, which nobody likes to talk about: Death & Taxes.…
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You’re Worth A Lot Of $$$!
by Mark Noonan
0 Your body is not only a wonderland, it’s a life-giving bank capable of helping a lot of people. Body Breakdown Kidney: $200,000 Liver: $150,000 Heart: $120,000 Eyeball: $24,000 Bone…
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Greatest Memorials in the History of Humanity: C.N. Annadurai
by Mark Noonan
1 We would all like to have people attend our funeral/memorial. Family, of course. Longstanding friends. Colleagues. Distant relatives. Acquaintances. Our local bartender or barista. Heck, maybe even the Fedex…
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New Options! Blast Off Into Space!
by Mark Noonan
0 If you want to visit the International Space Station, cost of a ticket will run you a cool 55 million dollars. However, if you want to launch your cremation…
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Funeral Industry Facts: Where Did Funeral Homes Come From?
by Mark Noonan
0 History of the Modern American Funeral Home What we in America call a Funeral Home can be traced back to the Civil War and the birth of Embalming. Deceased…
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The “Chris” Way: Just Roll Me Up In A Rug And Toss Me In A Dumpster
by Mark Noonan
1 I have a friend. I’m going to call him “Chris” for anonymity’s sake and because that’s his name. He knows who he is. His retort for a post-Chris world…
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Coronavirus: The Lost Year. So What Have We Found?
by Mark Noonan
0 Lost. Lost In Translation. The Lost Boys. Lost Highway. Land Of The Lost. Lost Horizon. The Lost World. Lost In Space. All Is Lost. Every one of those versions…
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Greatest Obituaries in the History of Humanity: Meet Joe Heller
by Mark Noonan
0 MSNBC Katy Tur One More Thing: Joe Heller CENTERBROOK, CONN. — Per his final demands, Joe Heller was laid in his casket Thursday in a T-shirt featuring the Disney…
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New Ideas! Recompose
by Mark Noonan
0 Become Soil When You Die Recompose, the first human-composting funeral home is now open for business in Seattle, Washington. The first bodies were “laid in” on Dec. 20, 2020,…
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Go Green! Guide to Environmentally-Friendly Options
by Mark Noonan
0 Times Have Changed We eat kale. We recycle. We buy secondhand. You care about the Environment. You care about Your Children. You care about the Future For Your Children.…
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Coronavirus Has Made Us All Think About Our Health & Mortality
by Mark Noonan
0 Covid-19 has sucked. Let me rephrase that: Covid-19 has SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, Big Time. It’s hard to find anything positive about the Coronavirus: I got to know the 4 walls…
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Real Farewells of Genius: Irish Grandad Pranks His Own Funeral
by Mark Noonan
0 “Let Me Out!” Dublin Grandad, Shay Bradley, 62, hatched his genius gag a year before passing. As bagpipes finish their somber wail, a casket lowers six feet into the…
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How To Make A Molehill Out Of A Mountain
by Mark Noonan
0 I’m Dead. Now What? First of all, you no longer have to worry about Finding a Parking Spot, Paying Your Taxes, or Flossing. Being Dead takes the stress out…
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New Options! Become a Coral Reef
by Mark Noonan
0 The Ocean is Calling You. High Adventure on the High Seas! Well, actually, it’s more like stagnant adventure that you won’t be aware of but you can still be…
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Don’t Burden Your Kids By Having No Plan. Burden Your Kids Emotionally.
by Mark Noonan
0 It sure would be fun to Pull a Prank on the kids on the way out. Leave them No Clues: no records, no will, no ideas, not even the…
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Good Riddance, 2020! Hello, Beautiful 2021!
by Mark Noonan
0 Shit Happens. Be Prepared. If 2020 proved nothing else it proved that Bad Things happen all the time. Bad Things happen to Good People all the time. If you’re…
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Nobody Knows Anything About Anything
by Mark Noonan
1 Farewell Project’s Beginner’s Guide to Goodbye 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FUNERALS You’re Not Alone Funeral Industry Isn’t Changing, But People Are Don’t Pre-Pay. Do Pre-Talk. Do…
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New Options! Become a Tree
by Mark Noonan
0 Remember in kindergarten when you played Tree #3 in that epic production of The Giving Tree directed by Mrs. Donahue? You’ve wanted to be a tree from early on.…
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Greatest Generation = Greatest Stories
by Mark Noonan
0 Newsflash: Your Grandpa isn’t going to be around forever.Don’t you want to hear All His Stories before it’s too late?Wouldn’t everyone in your family think you a Hero if…
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OK Boomer, We Love You
by Mark Noonan
0 You’re nearer The End than the Beginning. That’s just a fact. At the Farewell Project, the way we see it, You’ve got 2 Choices: Plan nothing, spend all your…
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Gen X (Middle Age Sucks)
by Mark Noonan
0 Wow, that happened fast.I feel like it was ten minutes ago that I was eating a burrito hungover while drinking a beer.Now I’ve got a wife, real job, a…
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Here’s a Lifelong Project For You Millennials (You’re Welcome)
by Mark Noonan
0 Yeah, we know. You’re going to Live Forever.You’re Indestructible.You can burn the candle at both ends.You don’t get hangovers.You can eat whatever you want.You may even still smoke (don’t…
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Create Your Simple Plan
by Mark Noonan
1 What is a Simple Plan? OUR SIGNATURE PRODUCTIt’s Free Like picking off a menu, you Choose What You Want and we keep that information safe for you and allow…
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The Easiest New Year’s Resolution You Can Complete Jan 1!
by Mark Noonan
0 How about Knocking Out a Resolution Day 1? Wouldn’t that Feel Amazing?! This is real simple. In fact, it’s called a Simple Plan. A What? A Simple Plan is…
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Let’s Begin To Talk About The End
by Mark Noonan
0 Are you alive? Do you care about your friends & family? Will you all die one day? Yup. But Good News! Farewell Project is now LIVE to guide your…
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This Is Your End
by Mark Noonan
6 You don’t remember your beginning very well, but you will most likely be present & alert for your end. Nobody teaches you about The End. You learn to eat,…
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