Every person must cope with loss of a loved one 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 Filbrandt Family Funeral Home we support the following offline and online aftercare grief sessions:

Bereavement Support Luncheon
This support group meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 1pm at the Big Boy Restaurant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. For more information, please contact Christine Roach-Brown from the Cass/Van Buren County Hospice at 269-423-6015.

Good Grief
This seven session Bereavement Education and Sharing Program meets on Wednesdays from 1pm to 2:30pm from September 7th through October 19th at the South Haven Hospice in South Haven, Michigan. For more information, please contact Richard Grom from the South Haven Area Hospice at 269-637-3825.

Lori's Place
This family service center offering peer support group services for grieving children and their families is located at the Edgewater Center in St. Joseph, Michigan. For information and meeting times, please call 269-429-7100.

Willowgreen
A leading provider of information and inspiration in the areas of illness and dying, loss and grief, healthy caregiving, life transition, and spirituality.

Growth House
An international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life issues. Hypertext topic pages link to sites around the world. Links to hospice and home care, bereavement, death with dignity, AIDS, and related topics in life-threatening illness.

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.