Articles Posted by Dan Moran
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Some reasons to be grateful this holiday season Love is amazing, and it is always something to be thankful for
It seems that turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin and apple pies and more were just served as America celebrated Thanksgiving, 2018. Before you know it, the feast for 2019 will be shared by families across…
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Why Calumet Park and our funeral homes have special events
Throughout the year, Calumet Park Cemetery in Merrillville, Calumet Park Funeral Chapels in Merrillville and Hobart, and Rendina Funeral Home in Gary, host a number of events as listed in this article. Each event is…
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Dedicated to Preserving Cemetery Burial Grounds- Grounds crews – real unsung heroes at a cemetery
Cemeteries and funeral homes are much more complicated than might be expected by the general population. For now, I would like to let you in on what it takes to make a cemetery worthy of being…
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Calumet Park announces the completion of its gravefinder program
A number of years ago, my brother-in-law and sister visited from New York. They had a new car that could give directions, turn by turn, from their home to ours. I was absolutely amazed. We…
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Nobody is too tough to cry
I turned my car onto a rutted, dirt road. About a quarter of a mile in, I passed a rusted gate hanging half off the hinges. The house was really not much more than a shack with…
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Cemeteries have ground rules for decorating gravesites
On March 20, spring came to Northwest Indiana. And as soon as we get a few nice days in a row, many families start thinking of decorating the graves of their loved ones. As much as we…
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The day my deceased father saved my life – I found his grave, talked to him and poured out my pain
It was an early June day in 1971. Dad died in 1960 when I was but a boy of 11. In May of 1971, I finished up my second tour of duty in Vietnam with the…
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Final arrangements…and I do mean final! Don’t spend any more than is necessary to meet your budget
Regardless of whether one prearranges for their cemetery and funeral needs (advance planning) or leaves such arrangements to those left behind (at-need), this article will offer some basic guidelines. When friends, relatives or new acquaintances find…
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Why worry about things that might happen? Today is all that matters, so live it to the fullest
How many things happened during the past 12 months, good or bad, that you worried about at the end of 2018? Life is funny like that. We spend so much time fretting about the things…
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Putting your faith, trust in God- It helps to be around others during the loss of a loved one
Part of message given by G.M. Daniel Moran at Calumet Park Funeral Chapel of Hobart’s first annual Angel Tree Lighting Ceremony Everyone in this room has suffered the loss of a loved one. Sometimes it helps…
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