Helpful links
Benefits
Requesting Veterans Honorable Discharge (DD214)
This link will allow you to request your loved ones service record from military in St. Louis, MO.
Social Security Administration
SSA official website, to help in answering questions on survivor and death benefits.
The Veterans Administration official website for answering questions in regards to memorials, burials, death, and survivors benefits.
Organizations
The Living Legacy Foundation is the organ and tissue donation program serving the state of Maryland, with the exception of three counties (Charles, Montgomery, and Prince Georges). You probably know someone who has received a second chance at life, an organ or tissue transplant! At The Living Legacy Foundation, we celebrate the generous gifts of organ and tissue donors and educate others about the importance of registering as a donor. We invite you to learn how organ and tissue transplants help thousands of people each year! DONATE LIFE! BE AN ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR!
Hospice Care
292 Stoner Avenue Westminster, MD 21157 Phone: 410-871-8000 Fax: 410-871-7242 For information about Carroll Hospice and the Dove House.
Gilchrist Hospice Care (formerly Hospice of Baltimore)
555 W. Towsontown Blvd Towson, MD 21204 Phone: 443-849-8200 Fax: 443-849-8359
This website has links to most of the hospice organizations throughout Maryland and Washington, D.C.
838 North Eutaw Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 410-523-2150 Fax: 410-523-1146
Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Maryland
7008 Security Blvd., Suite 300 Baltimore, MD 21244-3504 Phone: 1-888-523-6000 Fax: 410-277-4251
2300 Dulaney Valley Road Timonium, MD 21093 Phone: 410-252-4500 Fax: 410-560-9680
Grief Support
Care Community, The
This is web site designed to be a resource of help and support for people in grief or in elder care. This information is provided by Doug Manning and In-Sight Books.
Center for Loss & Life Transition
This is a link to Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt's site.
There are thousands GriefShare support groups meeting weekly throughout the United States and Canada and many groups meeting internationally. GriefShare groups are designed so that you can begin attending on any week.
A bereavement resource site for those individuals who need education and support during the death of a loved one.
Helping Dispel 5 Common Myths About Grief
Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season
Helping Yourself Heal When a Baby Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When a Parent Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Child Dies
Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
Helping Yourself Live, When You Are Dying
Places of Worship
Newspapers
Baltimore Sun-Death Notice Page
Carroll County Times-Obituary Page
Serving Reisterstown, Owings Mills, Glyndon and Greater Randallstown.
Frederick News Post-Obituary Page
Gettysburg Times, The-Obituary Page
Hanover Evening Sun-Obituary Page
Owings Mills Times-Obituary Page
The link for the Owings Mills Times will also provide the obituaries for the Arbutus Times, Catonsville Times, North County News, North East Reporter, and Towson Times.
Washington Post-Death Notice Page
Funeral Related
NFDA's Spotlight on Meaningful Funeral
NFDA's “Spotlight on Meaningful Funerals” consumer awareness piece has been uplinked to all PBS television stations nationwide for airing. The educational segment emphasizes the value of a meaningful funeral, and the important message that funerals can be as unique as the life being celebrated.
