Insurance
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When someone dies, family members often remember previous discussions of life insurance, but can't find the policy or any record of it. There is a way to track down a lost or misplaced life insurance policy for free.
Hospice Care
Care Central VNA & Hospice understands how hearing about a life-limiting diagnosis for you or a loved one can be stressful. We want to reassure you that you are not alone; our Hospice experts can help guide you through every step when dealing with a life-limiting illness. Please call us to discuss options for care that are available to you, your friend or family in the community.
HOSPICE IN THE AUBURN AND WORCESTER AREA SINCE 2004
Every patient and every family we serve has unique needs and values. That’s why our first step is listening. This responsive approach to care ensures you receive the support you need, especially when facing urgent medical concerns.
With a strong commitment to service, quality and education, Notre Dame Hospice serves patients and families of all faiths with dignity and respect for individual needs and choices. The hospice team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester is the first hospice residence in Central Massachusetts.
Since 1891, VNA Care Network has helped people of all ages cope with illness or injury while living at home. As one of the two certified home health care divisions of VNA Care, VNA Care Network clinicians work in collaboration with the patient and their doctor to develop a plan of care tailored to achieving their health care goals.
Grief Support
A private organization dedicated to furthering our understanding of and compassion for the complex set of emotions we call grief. Dedicated to helping both the bereaved, by walking with them in their unique life journeys, and bereavement caregivers, by serving as their educational liaison and professional forum.
A place where men and women can discuss, chat or browse to understand the many different paths to heal strong emotions. Resources on the site include excerpts from author Tom Golden's books on healing from loss.
Grief support information and resources from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
GriefNet is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss. They have many email support groups. Their integrated approach to online grief support provides help to people working through loss and grief issues of all kinds.
An international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life issues. Hypertext topic pages link to sites around the world. Links to hospice and home care, bereavement, death with dignity, AIDS, and related topics in life-threatening illness.
Committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.
A leading provider of information and inspiration in the areas of illness and dying, loss and grief, healthy care-giving, life transition, and spirituality.
Lodging
One of the most stylish modern hotels in Worcester, MA, AC Hotel Worcester offers innovative spaces, purposeful comforts, and a convenient location.
When it comes to hotels in Worcester, MA, Beechwood Hotel provides unbeatable amenities and accommodations.
Please visit our local accommodations that we have provided for your convenience. You may wish to contact them directly to find out their rates and availability.
Newspapers
Cremation Related
There are specific requirements for preparing, packaging, and shipping human (or animal) cremated remains. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the only shipper that allows the shipment of cremated remains. You must use Priority Mail Express, and clearly identify the contents. USPS even has a special Cremated Remains label (Label 139) available at your post office. An illustrated US Postal Service brochure,
How to Package and Ship Cremated Remains, explains it all for you, including information on how to ship to an address outside the United States.
We understand how painful losing a loved one is, and we respect anyone traveling with cremated remains. Passengers are allowed to carry a crematory container as part of their carry-on luggage, but the container must pass through the X-ray machine. If the container is made of a material that generates an opaque image and prevents the Transportation Security Officer from clearly being able to see what is inside, then the container cannot be allowed through the security checkpoint.
Sympathy Expressions
Since 1913, our mission has been to provide comfort to grieving families and today that mission remains the same. We are very passionate about helping family and friends honor and remember those who go before us. That's why we introduced Send with Love. Our hope is to provide every family with a convenient way to reach out with love, compassion and support to those who have endured a loss and offer sincere condolences during this most difficult time in their lives. Loss is never easy so if we can provide even just a little comfort by sending a personalized surprise or a comforting gift with heartfelt sincerity; then we've accomplished something truly special.
Monuments & Markers
1325 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01605
508-757-3091
120 Webster Street
Worcester, MA 01603
508-755-4035
116 Hartford Turnpike Route 20
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
508-792-3333
Veterans
VA burial allowances are flat-rate monetary benefits. They help cover eligible Veterans’ burial and funeral costs. Generally, they are paid at the maximum amount allowed by law. A 2014 VA regulation change helped simplify the program. Eligible surviving spouses are now paid automatically. This happens upon notification of the Veteran’s death. There is no need to submit a claim. However, VA may grant additional benefits after receiving a claim. These include plot or interment allowance and transportation allowance.
The VA created Planning Your Legacy: VA Survivors and Burial Benefits Kit, to assist Veterans and their family members in pre-need planning and record storage.
VA honors the sacrifices of Servicemembers’ and Veterans’ dependents and survivors through many benefit programs, which may be available to a surviving spouse, dependent child(ren), and/or parent(s).
Provides information on memorial benefits, health services, life insurance programs and more.
(NCA) honors Veterans with a final resting place and lasting memorials that commemorate their service to our nation.
The World War II Memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home.
Catering Service
At Creedon and Co., Inc. we know that the loss of a family member or close friend is a time when you need help, not a hassle. Our bereavement catering staff is experienced in serving your needs. From simple drop-off and set-up to a fully-staffed meal, we specialize in being helpful, but discreet.
We also know that planning a memorial or funeral reception can be unexpected. Be assured that we are always available to cater your service, no matter how last-minute your needs may be.
Cemeteries
If you are looking to visit a grave, please email the office for grave location and a map at least 3 days prior to your visit. If you are doing genealogy research and are looking for multiple graves, you may email your requests and will be done as time allows.
For those wishing a traditional burial, our cemetery is one of the most picturesque in the area. Beautifully landscaped and groomed, the cemetery provides the ultimate final resting place for a loved one. The centerpiece of the cemetery is the Apostles' Monument, a stately granite structure with likenesses of the apostles carved in each face. The cemetery maintains a large selection of lot locations and sizes. Several different payment options are available, including a prepayment plan. To permit individual expression, we allow great flexibility in styles and sizes of markers. The purchase of each grave site includes a "perpetual care" agreement which entitles the owner to complimentary lot maintenance into perpetuity.
Hope Cemetery, established in 1852, is an historic rural cemetery owned by the City. Its landscaping and funerary art are exemplars of the rural cemetery movement inspired by romantic perceptions of nature, art and the themes of death; visitors can contemplate monuments and statues while strolling through a setting of fine trees and plantings.
The Town of Shrewsbury operates Mountain View Cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Parks and Cemetery Commissioners. The Cemetery provides burial space for residents of the Town of Shrewsbury.
162 Webster St
Worcester, MA 01603
(508) 753-7692
The cemetery grounds, spanning over 40 acres, are always open to the public. The offices of the Secretary/Treasurer & Superintendent are open from 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri. If specific services are requested, we ask that you contact us to schedule an appointment.
Visitors, upon first entering Worcester County Memorial Park, quickly notice that there are no walls, fences, gates or chains. The park is open at all times, with never a period, day or night, when a family member or friend cannot visit the final resting place of a loved one. Apparent, too, is the absence of traditional monuments and tombstones found in most other cemeteries. At Worcester Country Memorial Park, the various sections are known as “Gardens”, and the atmosphere of each distinct one has been created by thoughtfully combining flowing lawns, tasteful plantings, stately statues and ground-level memorials.
Social Security
Certain family members may be eligible to receive monthly benefits, including a one-time payment of $255.
This publication explains survivors benefits information for parents of deceased workers.
Get specific information about survivors benefits: who is eligible; how to apply; and how benefits are figured.
Allows survivors to report the death of the loved. The site also provides information on potential benefits that can be claimed by the survivors.
