1-15-20
These aren’t lottery numbers and are assuredly meaningless to everyone else other than the employees here at Arlington. Ah, but January 15, 2020 is the target date for Managing Funeral Director Byron Adkins and his team to take occupancy of the new Celebration of Life Campus which is the location…...
A Day of Days to Say Thank You
Veteran’s Day is the day we set aside to formally say THANK YOU to those who have served America through their service in the Armed Forces. At Arlington, we understand that while Veteran’s Day is a special day of recognition, it is in reality just a ‘day of days’ that…...
Arlington Becomes Dog Friendly November 1
In 1988, the American Pet Products Association (APPA) took its first poll on pet ownership. In that survey of households, pet ownership stood at 56%. In the 2017/18 survey by the APPA, that number jumped to 68% – which translates to about 85 million Americans owning pets. There is a…...
Celebration of Life Campus Taking Shape
After several years of planning and a couple of false starts the Celebration of Life Campus, located on the western edge of our undeveloped property, is springing up with the first two of buildings now under roof. The Arlington Funeral & Celebration of Life Center stands just to the north…...
Roots of Extracurricular Activities at Arlington
This coming weekend we will hold our annual Children’s Fall Festival on the South Lawn of Arlington Lake. This is a fun event for kids to enjoy what we call some “good, old fashioned fun.” Face painting, bobbing for apples, sack races, train rides, a pumpkin patch and treats are…...
New Campus Responds to Social Churn
Like so much in human experience, time brings change. The rock band Journey may have phrased it most succinctly when they sang, “The wheel in the sky keeps on turning.” Instead of “turning” perhaps Journey should have used the lyrical “churning.” Society inexorably churns over time. Technology grows and evolves;…...
Celebration of Life Campus on Schedule for Autumn Opening
Campus is the Site of Arlington’s Funeral Home & Cremation Tribute Center After years of discussions, reviews and planning, the Arlington Memorial Gardens Funeral Home will be a reality in Fall 2019. However, as we progressed through the planning stages, it became apparent that what we were creating was something…...
Podcast: Field of Memories at Arlington
[PODCAST] Daniel Applegate with George Zahn of WMKV/WLHS. Originally aired: May 17, 2019 – 30 minutes George Zahn of WMKV/WLHS Maple Knoll Radio and Dan Applegate, President and CEO of The Arlington Memorial Gardens, discuss Field of Memories 2019 and it’s meaning and background as an important part of Memorial…...
You will never understand…
This coming Sunday we celebrate Mother’s Day. Those of us fortunate enough to still have our Mothers in our lives will send a card, flowers, chocolates or pay a visit to that one, uniquely special person. But for those who can’t personally visit their Mother, there’s always the phone call. …...
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Arlington Offers Help with Loss of a Spouse Seminar
Death often wreaks havoc for survivors, regardless of the relationship. The loss of a parent, a sibling, a child, a close relative or even a friend can be a horrendous loss leaving the survivor suffering from vertigo-like effects of grief. In one chilling moment, life as we’ve known it heretofore…...