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Chapel of the Chimes Hayward is truly a place like no other. As the oldest and largest full-service facility in the East Bay, it is renowned for its world-class beauty and majestic setting. We understand that losing someone you love is one of life’s most difficult experiences, and that’s why it’s so important to us that our clients feel like an extension of our own family. Our incredible team of professionals have many years of experience, and as we comfort families in times of loss, we work tirelessly to ensure they’re all treated with compassion and respect.

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Looking through a Crystal Ball: Funerals in the Future
Funerals continue to evolve as our society changes. It’s impossible to know exactly what will happen next, but by evaluating trends we can get a fairly good idea. Here are some predictions from experts about the future of funerals: New traditions will be established. Increasingly, the focus will be on personalization, and people will move from the traditional funeral
Read More >>

Preplanning: Your Funeral, Your Way
When you’re thinking about preplanning your funeral, consider all the possibilities, no matter how unusual. Take some time to really think about how you’d like the service to unfold and how your personality could be represented. Write down your ideas and talk to a funeral director about which ones are feasible. To get you started, here are some interesting ideas
Read More >>
Love and Loss: Living Through the Anniversaries
The loss of a loved one is painful, but there are certain days that are worse than others. For most people, birthdays and holidays are hard. For those who are grieving, anniversaries of the loss can be especially painful.   If you’re struggling to cope with grief, try to have a plan for how you’ll deal with feelings that arise on these special
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Funerals Evolve as the Over-50s Embrace Technology
Technology was largely the domain of the young in the past. Many older people didn’t want to take it on because it seemed too complicated, and it was the younger generation who understood technology and lived by the trends. Today, however, everything is changing.   Older people are much more comfortable with technology than ever before. They
Read More >>
Personalizing a Funeral on a Budget
When a loved one dies, you want the funeral to be special. It’s important for the service to be a reflection of the life that was lived. A life-honoring tribute helps those who loved the person to find closure and begin to heal. But what if you don’t have a large amount of money to
Read More >>

Here Before the City: Chapel of the Chimes and Its Connection to Hayward
Established in 1872 in Hayward, California, Chapel of the Chimes has been serving families for more than 145 years, making it older than the city itself. Even before the town was incorporated in 1876, there was a lot of activity in the area. The Ohlone Indians were the first inhabitants. Then in 1843, soldier and surveyor Guillermo Castro was granted almost 27,00 acres of land by the Mexican
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What is Endowment Care?
When you’re deciding on a final resting place for yourself or a loved one, choosing the right cemetery is important. It should be a place of natural beauty so people will want to visit. It should also be convenient for friends and family to pay their respects. Just as important, though, is the maintenance of the location. If you’ve ever visited a cemetery that’s fallen into disrepair, you know
Read More >>

New-Look Funerals: What’s Changing and What Remains
Even before recorded history, there is evidence of rituals and customs surrounding death and sacred spots where people placed their dead. All cultures have ways to honor their dead and mark the passing of a life, and many of these traditions go back for many generations. Today, though, modern funerals are changing. Personalized funerals are becoming popular. More and more, there’s
Read More >>
Funerals for the Me Generation: How Boomers are Making Arrangements
The baby boomer generation has always done things their own way, and as they age in the coming years, more will want to start making their own end-of-life arrangements. In many ways, boomer funerals are more focused on personal expression than tradition. Among the most popular: “Bespoke” funerals that are tailored to their personality: Rather than following a specific, traditional order of service, many baby boomers are looking for
Read More >>

Coming Together to Honor Former First Lady Barbara Bush
April of this year saw the death of one of the most beloved first ladies in our nation’s history: 92-year-old Barbara Bush. The matriarch of the Bush family, Barbara’s 73-year marriage to former president George Herbert Walker Bush was the longest of any presidential couple. She was also the mother of another president, and was well-loved and respected not just by her family and friends but by the American people.
Read More >>

Looking through a Crystal Ball: Funerals in the Future
Funerals continue to evolve as our society changes. It’s impossible to know exactly what will happen next, but by evaluating trends we can get a fairly good idea. Here are some predictions from experts about the future of funerals: New traditions will be established. Increasingly, the focus will be on personalization, and people will move from the traditional funeral Read More >>
Preplanning: Your Funeral, Your Way
When you’re thinking about preplanning your funeral, consider all the possibilities, no matter how unusual. Take some time to really think about how you’d like the service to unfold and how your personality could be represented. Write down your ideas and talk to a funeral director about which ones are feasible. To get you started, here are some interesting ideas Read More >>
Love and Loss: Living Through the Anniversaries
The loss of a loved one is painful, but there are certain days that are worse than others. For most people, birthdays and holidays are hard. For those who are grieving, anniversaries of the loss can be especially painful. If you’re struggling to cope with grief, try to have a plan for how you’ll deal with feelings that arise on these special Read More >>
Funerals Evolve as the Over-50s Embrace Technology
Technology was largely the domain of the young in the past. Many older people didn’t want to take it on because it seemed too complicated, and it was the younger generation who understood technology and lived by the trends. Today, however, everything is changing. Older people are much more comfortable with technology than ever before. They Read More >>
Personalizing a Funeral on a Budget
When a loved one dies, you want the funeral to be special. It’s important for the service to be a reflection of the life that was lived. A life-honoring tribute helps those who loved the person to find closure and begin to heal. But what if you don’t have a large amount of money to Read More >>
Here Before the City: Chapel of the Chimes and Its Connection to Hayward
Established in 1872 in Hayward, California, Chapel of the Chimes has been serving families for more than 145 years, making it older than the city itself. Even before the town was incorporated in 1876, there was a lot of activity in the area. The Ohlone Indians were the first inhabitants. Then in 1843, soldier and surveyor Guillermo Castro was granted almost 27,00 acres of land by the Mexican Read More >>
What is Endowment Care?
When you’re deciding on a final resting place for yourself or a loved one, choosing the right cemetery is important. It should be a place of natural beauty so people will want to visit. It should also be convenient for friends and family to pay their respects. Just as important, though, is the maintenance of the location. If you’ve ever visited a cemetery that’s fallen into disrepair, you know Read More >>
New-Look Funerals: What’s Changing and What Remains
Even before recorded history, there is evidence of rituals and customs surrounding death and sacred spots where people placed their dead. All cultures have ways to honor their dead and mark the passing of a life, and many of these traditions go back for many generations. Today, though, modern funerals are changing. Personalized funerals are becoming popular. More and more, there’s Read More >>
Funerals for the Me Generation: How Boomers are Making Arrangements
The baby boomer generation has always done things their own way, and as they age in the coming years, more will want to start making their own end-of-life arrangements. In many ways, boomer funerals are more focused on personal expression than tradition. Among the most popular: “Bespoke” funerals that are tailored to their personality: Rather than following a specific, traditional order of service, many baby boomers are looking for Read More >>
Coming Together to Honor Former First Lady Barbara Bush
April of this year saw the death of one of the most beloved first ladies in our nation’s history: 92-year-old Barbara Bush. The matriarch of the Bush family, Barbara’s 73-year marriage to former president George Herbert Walker Bush was the longest of any presidential couple. She was also the mother of another president, and was well-loved and respected not just by her family and friends but by the American people. Read More >>

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News

Looking through a Crystal Ball: Funerals in the Future

Preplanning: Your Funeral, Your Way

Love and Loss: Living Through the Anniversaries

Funerals Evolve as the Over-50s Embrace Technology

Personalizing a Funeral on a Budget

Here Before the City: Chapel of the Chimes and Its Connection to Hayward

What is Endowment Care?

New-Look Funerals: What’s Changing and What Remains

Funerals for the Me Generation: How Boomers are Making Arrangements

Coming Together to Honor Former First Lady Barbara Bush