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What thoughts come to your mind when someone says, “I am holding my own.” In my capacity as a board member for several nonprofit groups, one of …
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Where’s Theresa? We hear the question daily at Hansen-Spear, for many reasons. It kind of reminds me of the children’s picture book game, ‘Where’s Waldo?.’ There are …
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When people find out that I am a funeral director, the conversation normally goes one of two directions. There is either a discussion of a recent or …
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Theresa and I recently had the unbelievable experience to do some Eco travel in Iceland, Greenland and the northern Canadian provinces of Nunavut, Labrador, Newfoundland and Quebec. …
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Many people notice the plethora of sports memorabilia on display at Hansen-Spear. There are autographed jerseys (Cubs/Cardinals/Bears), autographed pictures (Mays/Mantle/DiMaggio/Butkus) and other keepsake items and pictures. But …
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The final significant pieces of Lincoln memorabilia that we have displayed in the Lincoln Room are newspapers associated with the assassination, the funeral in New York City, …
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I will continue with my series about the collection of artifacts in ‘The Lincoln Room’ at the funeral home by focusing on several envelopes from the 1860’s …
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If you have not visited the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois, I would encourage you to do so. It is a wonderful collection of authentic memorabilia and …
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Every honorably discharged active duty veteran is entitled to have military rites performed at his or her funeral or memorial service. In our area we are blessed …
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My favorite teacher was Mrs. Crawley. She was my fifth grade teacher. And, although that was many years ago, her kindness stayed with me through the rest …
Read More »We cannot thank you enough for your most generous love and support with the passing of our dad. May God continue to bless you and give you His peace to carry on to others with your care, love and hope of strength to continue to serve.
This funeral home is head and shoulders above the other funeral homes in this area. They do an excellent service and are highly respected in this community.
In-as-much as I married into a fourth generation funeral home family, I had expectations, right or wrong about what to expect. Consequently I want you to know what all of my expectations were met, and then some.
You were always there for us, lending support, offering suggestions, and yet being unobtrusive. With appreciation to the Spear family – and their ‘crew”.
