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We are family owned and operated. Our licensed professional staff are here to serve your needs 24 ho Cremation: We own and operate our own crematory.

This means your loved one will never leave our care. We specialize in Celebration of Life Memorial Services. we offer economically priced packages that allow for a final time of viewing, Celebration or memorial and the cremation. Burial: Our Funeral Home is full service, which means we have the facilities to cater to all your wishes. we offer a comfortable viewing room and a modern chapel with audio and visual options. we provide you with our consumer resource center for the ease of selecting a casket, memorial programs, outer burial containers and headstones. We serve all cemeteries in Washington State. Feel free to stop by and visit and tour our funeral home.

11/03/2026

Some of the most meaningful acts of love happen quietly, every single day.

A ride to an appointment. A familiar voice. A helping hand when it's needed most.

This National Family Caregivers Month, we're recognizing the people who give so much of themselves to care for others.

To every caregiver in our community: your patience, compassion, and dedication do not go unnoticed. Thank you for all that you do.

10/27/2026

Grief looks different for everyone. And the things that help sometimes surprise us. A stranger who said her name at the grocery store. A walk that turned into a good cry. A song that came on the radio at the right time.

We're collecting yours below.

The unexpected thing that helped me most in grief was ______

10/22/2026

There's a reason a single scent can drop you back into your grandmother's kitchen in an instant.

It's called the Proust Effect. Smell bypasses conscious thought and lands directly in the parts of the brain that hold emotion and memory. That's why pipe to***co, bread rising, or a specific perfume can bring someone back with such intensity that, for a second, you're right there with them again.

Grief lives in the senses. If a familiar scent stops you in your tracks this fall, that's love, doing what love does.

10/20/2026

Peace of mind isn't a document. It's a feeling. And you can give it to the people you love.

Here are four ways to bring it home:

Share your wishes. Not just what you want, but why. Tell someone the songs, the memories, the small details that would make a service feel like you. Your family will lean on those words.

Get your documents in order. Wills, healthcare directives, beneficiaries, passwords. Put them in one place. Tell one person where that place is.

Plan ahead for the expenses. Talk about what your family should expect financially, in whatever way makes sense for your situation. Clarity today is calm tomorrow.

Update your plan as life changes. New grandchild, new home, new relationship, new health situation. Your plan should grow with you.

The paperwork is a way of saying I love you. Just in a language your family will only need to hear once.

10/15/2026

Children don't grieve the way adults do. They don't process loss in stages. They don't sit with it for hours. They don't always cry.

What they do is grieve in bursts. They ask the same questions again and again. They act out. They play. They laugh. They forget. Then they remember, and it hits them all over again.

If you're helping a child through loss, here are a few things worth knowing:

Use clear, honest words. Young children think in very literal terms, so gentle phrases can sometimes cause confusion. Simple, direct language often helps them understand better than we expect.

Let them ask the same questions many times. Repetition is how children process big information.

Include them in rituals. Even young kids benefit from being part of a service in some small way, whether that's picking a song or holding a picture.

Watch for grief in their play. Kids often work through hard feelings through drawing, storytelling, and pretend.

Remind them the love doesn't go away. The person is gone. The love isn't.

Grieving alongside a child is a slow, patient process. Give yourself grace too.

10/13/2026

There's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all life. And there's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all tribute.

Services have quietly evolved. Families today are choosing details that reflect the exact person being honored, not a generic template.

Their favorite song plays at the service. A signature dish shows up at the reception. Photos of ordinary moments are displayed alongside the framed ones. The dress code becomes their favorite color, or a sports team jersey, or something they would have laughed at.

The point isn't the format. It's the reflection.

Every life is unique. Every tribute should be too.

10/08/2026

There's something about October that pulls us home. To warmer meals. To the people we don't see enough.

10/06/2026

Here's what's on the fall menu.

Pick your top 3 in the comments. Bonus points if you can rank them in order!

We'll go first: fireplace turned on, homemade soup, and football Sundays.

10/01/2026

October is Estate Planning Awareness Month. And most people have some version of it on the "I'll get to it" list.

Here are 5 things worth checking off before the year ends:

Write or update your will. Even a basic will is better than none. It tells your family what you want and prevents your assets from being distributed by default.

Update your beneficiaries. Life insurance, retirement accounts, 401(k)s. Beneficiary designations actually override what's in your will, so keeping them current matters.

Assign power of attorney. Both financial and medical. This gives someone the legal authority to make decisions on your behalf if you can't.

Create a healthcare directive. Also called a living will. It documents your wishes for medical care, so your family isn't left guessing.

Have the conversation. Documents don't help anyone if your family doesn't know they exist. Tell someone where things are, and what your wishes actually are.

09/24/2026

Music holds what we can't always say. A single song can bring back a specific moment, a specific person, a specific version of yourself.

Fill in the blank in the comments.

The song that brings back the best memories is _______

Tell us the song. Tell us the story if you want to. We'll be reading every one.

Address

27001 88th Avenue NW./PO Box 1569
Stanwood, WA
98292

Telephone

+13606292101

Website

http://gilbertsonfh.com/

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