Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services

Resources on Grief and Healing

When a loved one dies, you may experience feelings of shock, disbelief, anger, guilt and depression. The ability to make it through the death of a loved one can be challenging, and caring for yourself is vital at this time.

Kirby & Family maintains a library of grief management materials at both of our offices, and we have donated duplicates of these materials to our public libraries, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, bank trust departments, and human services offices for your use at no charge. Some titles included in our libraries at our Mountain Home and Bull Shoals facilities:

Books:

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
A Grief Unveiled - One Father's Journey Through the Death of a Child by Gregory Floyd
A Little Book for Preachers by James Miller
A Little Book of Comfort by Ruth C. Ikerman
A Teachers Guide to the Grieving Student
The Bereaved Parent by Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
Comforting Those Who Grieve by Doug Manning
Continuing Care Series:
o The Grieving Reaction by Doug Manning
o Grief Is A Family Affair by Doug Manning (3 copies)
o Permission To Grieve by Doug Manning (3 copies)
Creating Meaningful Funeral Experiences - A Guide For Caregivers by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph,D.
Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies - A Guide For Caregivers by Alan Wolfelt
Dear Parents - Letters to Bereaved Parents A Centering Corporation Resource (2 copies)
Death and Grief: A Guide for Clergy by Alan Wolfelt
Death and the Life After by Billy Graham (2 copies)
Don't Take My Grief Away From Me by Doug Manning
The Empty Chair by Zonnebelt-Smeenge & DeVries
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Deborah L. Davis, Ph,D.
The Funeral by Doug Manning
The Gift of Significance - Walking with People Through a Loss by Doug Manning
The Grief Recovery Handbook by John James and Frank Cherry
Grief - What It Is & What We Can Do About It by E.P. Vining
Grieving the Loss of a Loved One by Kathe Hinnenberg
Goodbye My Child by Sara Rich Wheeler & Margaret M. Pike
Healing A Father�s Grief by William H. Schatz
Healing Grief by Victor M. Parachin
Healing A Spouse�s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband Or Wife Dies by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Healing the Adult Child�s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Parent Dies by Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Healing Your Grieving Heart - Journal For Teens by Alan D. & Megan E. Wolfelt
Healing Your Traumatized Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Someone You Love Dies Of A Sudden Violent Death by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Helping Teens Work Through Grief by Mary Kelly Perschy
How to Survive the Loss of a Loved One by Melba Colgrove
Jason�s Pictures
Journey�s End Characteristics Of The Dying Process
Journey�s Companion Characteristics Of The Grieving Process
Lament for a Son by Nicholas Walterstorff
Life Beyond Loss by Kenneth J. Doka, Ph.D.
Living With Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Living With Grief After Sudden Loss (Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack or Stoke) by Kenneth J. Doka - Hospice Founder of America
Living When a Loved One Has Died by Earl Grollman
Minister's Funeral Manual by Samuel Ward Hutton
No Time For Goodbyes by Janice Harris Lord
On Death & Dying: What the Dying Have To Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy & Their Families by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Questions and Answers on Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Suicide by Earl Grollman
Suicide Of A Child by Joy & Marvin Johnson & Adina Wrobleski
Suicide Of A Child by Adina Wrobleski
Talking About Death by Earl A. Grollman
This Thing Called Grief by Thomas M. Ellis (2 copies)
Transcending Loss - Understanding the Lifelong Impact of Grief and How to Make it Meaningful by Ashley Davis Prend
The Warming Winter by Maxine Dowd Jensen
What Is Cremation? by Jessie Flynn (For Children)
When A Baby Dies by Rana K. Limbo and Sara Rich WheeIer
When A Friend Dies by Marilyn Gool
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner
When Love Gets Tough - The Nursing Home Decision by Doug Manning
When Men Grieve by Elizabeth Levang
When There Are No Words - Finding Your Way To Cope With Loss And Grief by Charlie Walton
When Your Loved One Is Dying by Earl A. Grollman
Widowed by Dr. Joyce Brothers
Who Lives Happily Ever After? by Sharon Turnbull
Your Aging Parent by Maxine Dawd Jensen

Videos:

"Expressions Of Grief (Teen Grief)"
"Grief In America"
"Grief in The Workplace"
"Saying Goodbye" (for and by teens)
"Talking About Death With Children"
"Understanding Grief: Kids Helping Kids"

Doug Manning