Every person must cope with loss of a loved on his or her own terms. The emotional upheaval these trying times can cause is sometimes so overwhelming that even the support of friends and family may not help relieve the amount of sadness and grief you feel.

At Wooster Funeral Home and Cremation Services we provide information for the following aftercare grief sessions:
Willowgreen
A leading provider of information and inspiration in the areas of illness and dying, loss and grief, healthy care giving, life transition, and spirituality.

Growth House
An international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life issues. Links to hospice and home care, bereavement, death with dignity, AIDS, and related topics in life-threatening illness.

GriefNet
GriefNet is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss. They have many email support groups. Their integrated approach to online grief support provides help to people working through loss and grief issues.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.

AARP: Coping with Grief and Loss
For widowed and bereavedadults.

AirCrash Support Network
Aids and facilitates the grieving processof people who have been affected by, or involved in, an air crash.

Alliance ofGrandparents, A Support in Tragedy (AGAST)
Dedicated toassisting all grandparents when a grandchild dies.

Bereaved Parents of the USA
Aids and supports bereaved parentsand families struggling to survive their grief after the death of achild.

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
Represents a voicefor pediatric cancer families and survivors to the general public,the medical community, government, schools, employers, and themedia.

Centerfor Loss and Life Transition
For bereaved adults and childrenand bereavement caregivers.

Center forLoss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB)
For bereaved parents of one ormore twins, or multiples.

The Compassionate Friends Supports families following a child’sdeath.

Concerns ofPolice Survivors (COPS)
For families of law enforcement officerskilled in the line of duty.

Death andDying: Beyond Indigo
For bereaved individuals.

Grief & Loss Resource Center
Features grief and bereavementresources and links to memorial collections.

Grief Inc.
Provides program speakers to discuss grief-related issues.

GrowthHouse
Resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life care.

GROWW-GriefRecovery Online
Provides message boards, resource listings andsecure chat rooms for the grieving.

NationalCatholic Ministry to the Bereaved
Offers pastoral and spiritualsupport to the bereaved, caregivers, agencies, congregations anddioceses.

The NationalCenter for Grieving Children and Families
Provides peer supportgroups for grieving children.

National DonorFamily Council
For families of those who died and became organand/or tissue donors.

Parents ofMurdered Children (POMC)
Dedicated to helping the survivors ofhomicide victims with supportive family services after the murder ofa family member or friend.

Parents Without Partners
Devoted to the welfare and interests ofsingle parents and their children.

SHARE Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support
For families who haveexperienced the death of a baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth orneonatal death.

Society of MilitaryWidows
For widows of members of all branches of the uniformedservices of the United States.

Tragedy AssistanceProgram for Survivors
Provides services to those that lost aloved one while serving in the Armed Forces.

WidowNet An information and self-help resource for, and by,widows and widowers.

Wings ofLight
Support and information network for aircraft-accidentsurvivors and others directly affected by aviation accidents.