Funeral arrangements are personal and special for each family. Simply let us know of your personal preferences and wishes regarding the funeral service by visiting with us.

     At the time of an actual funeral, most decisions need to be made within a few hours. But by preplanning the funeral, you can take your time and make the decisions in an unhurried and thoughtful way. You will relieve your family of the burden and it offers you the opportunity to let your family know your wishes.

     For the same reasons you write a will, make retirement plans, or buy life insurance, people feel that it is a good idea to plan for the future and make their funeral plans. You can select the type of service you would like and how much you would like to spend. By paying for the service ahead of time you can be assured the funds will be there at the time of the funeral.

     We encourage you to discuss with your families the decisions that are important to you. And then share those decisions with us at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Homes.

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Our entire staff strives to provide dignified, professional and personalized service. Our funeral home has been family owned and operated for generations. We strive to help every family personalize their service to appropriately honor their loved one.  When a death occurs, there are details to take care of. Decisions and arrangements to be made. Our professional, licensed funeral directors assume those responsibilities for you, and you can depend on us to provide a service that is truly memorable, flawlessly planned, and correct to the smallest detail.  We believe that no two people are alike, so funerals should be highly individual and highly personal. Perhaps the most important part of our service is in making a  funeral a personalized, meaningful celebration of the life that has been lived.   Services are available from dignified simplicity to formalities of choice, whether in a church or religious institution of your choice, the chapel at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home, or by the graveside. When cremation is requested, this preference always includes opportunities for appropriate religious rites, memorial celebration, memorial reception and other choices.

Cremation

We offer cremation options from a direct cremation with no viewing, visitation or religious rites, to a full service funeral, that may include a public or private wake, a religious service followed by cremation. There are may options and choices in planning a service with cremation.  

    As with a "traditional" funeral, cremation services can be personalized in many of the same ways. Personal items displayed at the visitation, personalized casket and urns. We would be happy to discuss any special request or ideas you have to make the any service more meaningful.  As with any funeral, arrangements can be as individual as the people involved.  At Stevenson & Sons Funeral home, we provide cremation through our locally owned crematory, Big Sky Cremation Service.

 

Aftercare

When life ends for a person, family and friends who survive naturally experience grief.  We believe there is no right or wrong way to  grieve. Only a way to dry the tears. Experiencing pain can be as uniquely individual as you are a person. Once the funeral has ended that doesn't mean your feelings of emptiness have. With our Aftercare program you will have access to insightful literature, counseling and support groups with others sharing your loss. There is a way to overcome your suffering and we will help you find it.

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The After Loss Credo

I need to talk about my loss.
I may often need to tell you what happened -
    or to ask you why it happened.
Each time I discuss my loss, I am helping myself
    face the reality of the death of my loved one.
I need to know that you care about me.
I need to feel your touch, your hugs.
I need you just to be with me.
    (And I need to be with you.)
I need to know you believe in me and in my
    ability to get through my grief in my own way.
    (and in my own time.)
Please don't judge me now or think that I'm behaving strangely.
Remember I'm grieving.
    I may even be in shock.
    I may feel afraid.
    I may feel deep rage.
    I may even fell guilty. But above all, I hurt.
I'm experiencing pain unlike any I've ever felt before.
Don't worry if you think I'm getting better
    and then suddenly I seem to slip backward.
Grief makes me behave this way at times.
And please don't tell me you "know how I feel",
    or that it's time for me to get on with my life.
    (I am probably already saying this to myself.)
What I need now is time to grieve and to recover.
Most of all, thank you for being my friend.
    Thank you for your patience.
    Thank you for caring.
    Thank you for helping, for understanding.
    Thank you for praying for me.
And remember, in the days or years ahead,
    after your loss - when you need me
    as I have needed you - I will understand.
And then I will come and be with you.

            Barbara Hills LesStrang