Grief support: Offering resources and support to help Newport News, Virginia families and loved ones cope with their grief and begin the healing process.
Green or eco-friendly funerals: Cooke Bros Funeral Home may offer green or eco-friendly funeral services that are designed to be environmentally sustainable. Biodegradable caskets or urns, avoiding embalming chemicals, and using natural burial practices.
Memorial jewelry: Some funeral homes offer memorial jewelry that incorporates a small amount of a loved one's ashes or other mementos into a piece of jewelry that can be worn or kept as a keepsake.
Viewing and visitation: Cooke Bros Funeral Home will provide space for friends and family to gather and pay their respects to the deceased.
DNA preservation: Check with Cooke Bros Funeral Home about collecting and preserving a small sample of a deceased individual's DNA. This can be used for a range of purposes, including genealogy research, paternity testing, and forensic identification.
Customized caskets or urns: Customized caskets or urns that reflect the interests or personality of the deceased may be a service Cooke Bros Funeral Home offers. For example, a casket might be painted with a sports team logo, or an urn might be shaped like a musical instrument.