NY Funeral Home Now Offering ‘Virtual Funeral’ Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

HORSEHEADS, NY. (THECOUNT) — New York funeral home, Sullivan Funeral Homes, has a new option for families who have lost a loved one during the coronavirus emergency, virtual funerals.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow, the way we send loved ones to their final resting place is changing as well.

Owner Kevin Sullivan says, “It’s a big concern with everyone in my industry… Across the state, people are scrambling to see what the best way we can provide services for families and their loved ones”.

Sullivan says, “The hardest thing is you want that emotional connection, that hug, that face to face and now that that’s taken away from all of us, we’re trying to figure out the best way to do that whether it be a live stream or video tribute online,” reports WeAreCentralPa.

Sullivan says while they haven’t utilized the technology yet, they will now stream the funerals live from their website through the loved one’s page.

As social gatherings are being regulated due to the pandemic, it’s virtual funerals like the ones here at Sullivan that are helping people say goodbye to loved ones.

“I think going forward that’s what we’re going to have to do, immediate family is one thing but for friends and families that can’t make it or have known the loved one for years and want to see say goodbye this is an option, saying goodbye is part of the healing process.”

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Geo quick facts: Horseheads is a village in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 6,461 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the number of bleached skulls of pack horses left behind by the Sullivan Expedition. The village of Horseheads is located within the town of Horseheads – Wikipedia.