Coping with Grief

The staff at Beecher Funeral Home, Inc. has always been sensitive to the area of the healing process. It has always been thought that you have to hurt to heal. We encourage our families to explore different areas of effective grief resolution. The first year after a death is normally the hardest time for families to overcome grief because it will be the first time you will share special occasions without this person. During the first year families should take things one day at a time and try to avoid making "big decisions" during this time.

If we can be of any assistance in helping to inform you of grief support meetings, provide you with literature to help you through the grieving process, or to help you get in tough with a grief counselor, please feel free to call us at anytime.

For more information on grief visit www.afterloss.com

State of New York and Local Grief Support

Holy Innocents R.C. Church 431 Bedford Rd. Pleasantville, NY 10570 914-769-0025	Hospice and Palliative Care of Westchester 95 South Broadway, Fourth Fl White Plains, NY 10603 914-682-1484
AARP Grief and Loss Programs 601 E. Street, Washington, DC 20049 (602) 279-9474	Make-A-Wish Foundation of America 100 Charendon Avenue, Suite 2200 NW Phoenix, AZ 85013
Alliance of Grandparents P.O. Box 17281 Phoenix, AZ 85011-0281 (888) 774-7437	March of Dimes Birth Defects Assoc. 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10605
Alzheimer’s Association 919 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1000 Chicago, Il 60611 (800) GET-MADD	Mothers Against Drunk Drivers Victim Assistance Program 511 E. John Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75062
American SIDS Institute 2480 Windy Hill Road Suite 380 Marietta, GA 30067 (800) 232-SIDS I	Ray of Hope (For survivors of suicide victims) P.O. Box 2323 Iowa City, IA 52244 (319) 337-9890
The Compassionate Friends P.O. Box 3696 Oak Brook, Il 60522-3696 (630) 990-0010 (Supports families who have experienced the death of a child)	SHARE Pregnancy & Infant LossSupport Inc. St. Joseph’s Health Center 300 1st Capitol Drive St. Charles, MO 63001 (800) 821-6819 (For families who have experienced the death of a baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death)