Speakers Bureau

Who We Are
We are your source for funeral service education.Over the years we've earned a well deserved reputation for compassion, caring and excellence.

In keeping with this tradition, we have assembled a Speakers Bureau to service the needs of the community with a wide range of up to date, educational, informative and interesting topics.

As a premier provider of professional quality funeral, cremation and bereavement services, we've developed a wealth of knowledge through many years of practical experience. We'd like to share our knowledge with you.

The Speakers Bureau is available at no charge and the topics listed can be customized to meet the needs of any size audience or time constraints. All programs are presented on a first come, first serve basis.

If you have a topic to be presented which is not listed, we will custom design a program to meet you needs.

To request a speaker or obtain further information, please contact us anytime with your desired presentation topic, date, time and location.

Hippensteel Funeral Home
822 North Ninth Street
Lafayette, Indiana 47904
Corner of 9th and Salem Streets

If you would like more information, please contactour office at:

Locally (765) 742-7302
Toll Free 1-877-477-7302

Topics

• Veteran & Social Security Benefits
• Understanding Medicaid - as it relates to funeral planning.
• Emergency Information Card - why everyone should carry one and how to obtain it?
• Death in America - funeral customs & traditions; past, present and future trends.
• Advance Funeral Planning - the value of making decisions ahead of time.
• Grief and Bereavement - learning how to deal with loss (adults, teens, parents or children).
• Advance Directives / Living Wills
• Selecting a Funeral Home - comparing facilities, services, staff and prices.
• Choices in Final Disposition - green burial, traditional burial, cremation, entombment, anatomical donation, immediate disposition, burial at sea, etc.
• Cremation - what does it involve?
• Celebrate Life - How to preplan a personalized service.
• Funeral Service 101 - What to do when a death occurs.
• Funeral financing - To fund or not to fund, that's the question.

Guided Tours
Please call to arrange funeral home tours for groups of children or adults. This unique opportunity often helps to relieve some of the misunderstandings and fear associated with death and dying.