Bereavement Resources

Click links below for Local Resources for Funerals and Burials*

Omps Funeral Home - Local to Winchester with two locations, available to surrounding areas as well

Jones Funeral Home - local to Winchester and Stephens City and surrounding areas

Enders and Shirley Funeral Home - Local to Berryville and Stephens City and surrounding areas

Cemeteries - several of the local churches offer free or reduced cost burial plots to parents. Please call your Church for more information

Caskets and Urns:

Trappist Monks Handmade Caskets

Heaven's Gain Caskets, Vaults, and Urns

*These Funeral Homes have each proven to go above and beyond for families who experience loss. They also have experience working with local hospitals.

Bereavement Resources

Helpful and Healing Resources

Book of Life - at the Shrine of the Holy Innocents, includes a Certificate of Entry into the Book of Life that is displayed there

Healing Hearts - Earth Mama Organics - a very comprehensive listing of grief resources for miscarriage, stillbirth, full term loss, infertility, grief and mental health following a loss, and assistance - including a 24/7 grief hotline

Jewelry, Keepsakes, Gifts - A wide variety

Heaven's Gain - provides resources, information, keepsakes, miscarriage kits, burial urns, caskets, and boxes at a minimal cost

Benjamin Ministries - Personalized Bereavement Packages that are free of charge for bereaved families

Let Yourself be Loved - "In Let Yourself Be Loved, Elizabeth Leon tells the story of her son, John Paul Raphael, and the fierce beauty and purpose she found in only 28 hours and 10 minutes of her son’s life. Elizabeth Leon explores the landscape of surrender, hope, and grief and shares the freedom that she discovered in consenting to a path she did not choose."