“What You Need to Know Before You Go” is a panel discussion and Q&A with local funeral directors. Get your questions answered at this Before I Die ABQ Festival event without having to actually go to a funeral home.
Got questions about funeral planning or cremation, but uncomfortable going to a funeral home before you “have to”? Attend this panel discussion with local funeral directors fielding your queries on everything related to undertaking. This class kicks off the inaugural “Before I Die” Albuquerque festival, six days of activities providing space and opportunities to openly discuss end-of-life issues, plan ahead and take actions to address our mortality.
Moderator: Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist, A Good Goodbye
Funeral Directors:
- Joan Stasi, Daniels Family Funeral Services
- Jonathan “Buck” Dyck, French Funerals & Cremations
- David Slaten, The Neptune Society
- Gloria Salazar, Salazar Funeral Homes & Crematory
Event Location: Oasis Albuquerque, 3301 Menaul NE, Suite 18. Free with registration through the Albuquerque Oasis website.
Register today for all Before I Die ABQ Festival events.
The Before I Die ABQ festival offers multiple upbeat activities for people to openly think about, talk about and do something about our mortality. More than 20 free and low-cost events to be held at numerous locations around Albuquerque include:
- “Prelude to Eternity” dinner party in the Pavilion at Sunset Memorial Park;
- A panel of local funeral directors on “What You Need to Know Before You Go;”
- Yoga class “From Child Pose to Corpse Pose: Life, Death, Yoga and Spirituality;”
- A tour of historic Fairview cemetery (established 1881), and the Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI);
- “Answering Your Burning Questions About Cremation” information session;
- Panel discussions on “Making Plans to Live Well Until We Die” on medical care and end-of-life issues;
- “Jewish Burial Equals Green Burial” at the Jewish Community Center;
- The Guild Cinema double feature of classic films about life and death, Harold and Maude and The Seventh Seal;
- “Earth, Air, Fire & Water: A Celebration of Cremation and Art” with local artists selling their works in ceramics, paper and other media;
- The Albucreepy Ghost Tour of downtown Albuquerque landmark buildings;
- A tour of the Fathers Building Futures casket building workshop;
- “Mindfulness, Mortality and Self-Care,” a meditation session with world-renowned teacher Ralph Steele.
The Before I Die ABQ Festival is made possible by these sponsors:
- A Good Goodbye, funeral planning for those who don’t plan to die;
- French Funerals & Cremations, Albuquerque’s largest and oldest family-owned funeral service company;
- The Neptune Society, America’s most trusted cremation service;
- Lasting Legacy, Inc., providing estate and trust services to New Mexico families;
- Express Legal Solutions, LLC, offering “documents you need at a price you can afford;”
- Retirement Extender®, a team of specialists making the most of your finances;
- Morris Hall, PLLC, a premier estate planning law firm;
- LifeIZShort.com, practical guides for dealing with the inevitable by Peter Callan;
- The Old Pine Box, specializing in pine and cedar coffins and caskets, and specialty urns;
- My Final Checklist, a master file for personal information; and
- Zia Trust, Inc., serving clients in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and 38 other states.