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Grief Services

A Common Place

In the days, weeks, and months following the service, people continue to need others to lean on for understanding, encouragement, and guidance. For that reason, many local and national support groups have formed. These groups provide a common place and a comforting environment for expressing emotions through each phase of the grieving process.

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Why Aftercare?

If you or someone you know is seeking grief support, please join us for our Grief Groups. We offer a variety of types of support, open to all ages. Reservations are not necessary.

At Roper and Sons Funeral Home, we understand that a funeral or memorial service for your loved one is a positive first step in the grieving process. In the days, weeks, and months following a service, people continue to need others to lean on for understanding, encouragement, and guidance.

Our goal is to address the healing of our community as a whole, providing grief support services in response to a need, while striving to change the way we as a culture view grief. That is why Roper and Sons offers a common place and a comforting environment for expressing emotions through each phase of the grieving process.

Grief Groups
1st and 3rd Sundays of the Month
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. at O Street location
Open to anyone looking for grief support.

Addiction Loss Group
3rd Sunday of the Month
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. at O Street location
For those affected by the loss of a loved one to addiction.

Our grief support groups are led by Melissa Thorne, LIMHP, LADC, a Grief Therapist at Roper and Sons, and are free to the public.

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Grief Counseling

We understand that greiving does not end after the funeral or memorial service. We are here for you.

MELISSA THORNE, LIMHP, LADC

Grief Counselor Joined Roper & Sons in 2016

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Our groups are free and open to the public, regardless of whether or not funeral services were provided by Roper & Sons Funeral Home.

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From our Clients

As a Trustee, I am sometimes called upon to assist with end-of-life planning for a client. Roper & Sons has been a wonderful partner – their staff go above and beyond to ensure the details of the plan are carried out with great sensitivity and care.

—Kim M.

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