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Q&A With Remembering A Life
What is an End-of-Life Doula or Death Doula?
The National Funeral Directors Association Remembering A Life team asked Jackie Naginey Hook to be part of their Q&A Remembering A Life blog to tal...
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Q&A With Remembering A Life
What is a Celebrant?
The National Funeral Directors Association Remembering A Life team asked Jackie Naginey Hook to be part of their Q&A Remembering A Life blog to talk about, "What is a Cele...
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Love is Stronger Than Death
Love is Stronger Than Death
The National Funeral Directors Association Remembering A Life team asked Jackie Naginey Hook to write an article for their Remembering A Life blog. Click here...
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After Death
This month Jackie Naginey Hook talks to Holly Reigh about the importance of having conversations and being present before and after death. Holly is a nurse who passionately advocates and cares for ...
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Whole, But Not the Same
This month Jackie Naginey Hook talks to Jennifer Stubbs about being whole but forever changed as the result of pregnancy and early infant loss. After the loss of her first son, Jennifer became a pa...
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Finding Balance
This month Jackie Naginey Hook, MA, and Evelyn Wald, MS, M.Div, LPC, discuss ways to find balance after the loss of a loved one. Evelyn has more than 25 years as a grief counselor, is the program d...
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Why Are Rituals Important?
This month Jackie Naginey Hook and F. Glenn Fleming, supervisor and funeral director with Koch Funeral Home, have a conversation about why rituals are important. They also discuss the Because LOVE ...
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Welcome to #BePresentWithKoch
Welcome to the the new monthly #BePresentWithKoch series
Hi, I’m Jackie Naginey Hook, a spiritual director, celebrant and end-of-life doula and...
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To Embalm or Not to Embalm
To Embalm or Not to Embalm
When a loved one dies, family members are confronted with decisions regarding how they would like to honor the life that was lost. One of the first questions the funeral...
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How did you choose the funeral director profession?
How did you choose the funeral director profession?
“I like helping people and making them feel better in times of need.” For Katie DeCapria, funeral director intern, that sums up why she chose th...
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August 8 2022
Continuing with our theme of “Legacy and Loss,” below are five more ways to honor your loved ones’ legacies.
Cook their favorite meal. The aroma and taste will bring back amazing memories.
Make...
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August 1 2022
This month our theme is “Legacy and Loss.” When we lose people we love, their legacies live on in us and in this world. As Allison Gilbert said in her book Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of L...
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July 25 2022
I’ll end this month’s posts about releasing regrets with these words from Mary Oliver’s poem, “In Blackwater Woods.”
…To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mo...
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July 18 2022
Last week I discussed Everett Worthington’s REACH model of forgiveness to help release regrets. This week I want to share two simple rituals to help you mark your decision to forgive. One is to fin...
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July 11 2022
Releasing regrets can be an important part of the dying and grief journeys. And this often involves forgiveness. Forgiveness of ourselves and others can be challenging. I appreciate Everett Worthin...
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July 4 2022
Happy 4th of July! Our theme this month is “Releasing Regrets.” I think it’s appropriate to start this conversation on a day that represents freedom. Releasing regrets is one way to experience free...
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June 27 2022
Let’s close out the theme embracing the journey by inviting love along the way with the poem “The Thing Is” by Ellen Bass.
to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everyth...
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June 20 2022
Last week we began to embrace the journey by beginning to explore our grief with the question, what really matters? This week we’ll explore more by carrying a light with us. One of my spiritual dir...
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June 13 2022
As we continue our discussion of “Embrace the Journey,” let’s explore ways to help us through the wilderness of grief. A helpful place to start is with the word explore. According to www.britannica...
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June 6 2022
This month our theme is “Embrace the Journey.” Embracing the grief journey might feel counterintuitive. Grief is painful and why would we want to embrace it? As Robert Frost once wrote, “The best...
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Who We Are:
Our Mission: To compassionately serve and guide families with our experience and knowledge as they honor their loved ones.
Our Location:
Koch Funeral Home
F. Glenn Fleming, Supervisor
2401 S. Atherton Street
State College, PA 16801
(814) 237-2712
(814) 238-0482 fax
admin@kochfuneralhome.com
A branch of:
John B. Brown Funeral Home, Inc.
Douglas A. Hallinan, Supervisor
417 Washington Street
Huntingdon, PA 16652
(814) 643-1256
(814) 643-1257 fax
admin@johnbbrownfuneralhome.com