The Dawn of a New Era in Funeral Service
We create public campaigns, memorial products, digital experiences and technology with funeral professionals, so families can see more meaningful ways to remember.
How the Collective works
Public education introduces meaningful ways to remember before decisions become urgent.
Original art, memorial products and digital experiences turn those possibilities into something people can see.
Trusted local professionals help families understand their choices before, during and beyond a funeral.
One path
Before a loss, when it happens, through the funeral, and through every year of remembering that follows.
What we create
Reimagining What’s Possible
Stories made for the public
A national conversation about what remembrance can be.
Public education · In development
A public education campaign being developed to help people explore meaningful choices and bring their questions to a trusted funeral professional.
See the campaignMemorial products
Paintings, memorial sculpture and keepsake objects offer different ways to remember.
An embellished painting brings remembrance into a work of art for the home. Cremated remains can be incorporated into the artist’s medium when the family chooses that option.
Bronze sculptures by Wyland® that also function as memorial urns, with an internal space for cremated remains or keepsakes. A work of art to display at home and pass between generations.
An Amalgam scale-model car is paired with a Memorial Riser to create a personal memorial display. The model and its display base bring a love of automotive design into remembrance.
Digital experiences
Life’s Song translates a person’s DNA data into a musical composition. It offers a way to connect music with a person’s life and remembrance.
My Final Resting Place records meaningful resting locations on a map. People can share those places so family and friends know where to visit.
My Footsteps connects messages, voices and stories with the places that matter to a person. Loved ones can discover those memories through the locations linked to them.
Reimagining What’s Possible™ helps people see more meaningful choices before a moment of need, with funeral homes as the trusted local guides.
Explore Reimagining What’s Possible™Memorial products and Tribute Art™ families can discover through the funeral home they already know. Selection, support and terms are discussed together first.
Films, campaigns and storytelling your funeral home can hire the Studio to create.
Vigil.ai is an operating system being developed for funeral homes, planned for 2027 and shaped by member input.
Members shape the products and tools the Collective develops.
A story from the work
Follow artist Tamara Bolger through a commissioned memorial painting, with entries from her own little red notebook.
Read Tamara’s storyThe people behind the work
The work is led by named people with experience inside funeral homes, funeral technology, creative practice and the careful handling of memorial art.
Founder & Visionary
A licensed funeral director for more than 30 years and founder of FrontRunner Professional in 1994.
Chief Marketing Officer
More than 15 years of leadership in funeral-service marketing, from FrontRunner to Tribute Technology.
Chief Executive Officer
Leads the cross-functional work that turns an ambitious vision into a functioning company.
Science and AI Lead
A PhD in electronics and AI from Kyungpook National University, with research roles at Queen’s University.
Creative Experience Architect
Began her career at FrontRunner Professional, working where funeral service, technology and design meet.
COO & Customer Care
Brings funeral-service and funeral-technology experience to the company’s day-to-day work.
Memorial & Life Artist
A Canadian mixed-media artist whose documented commission shows the care behind memorial embellishment.
Who we work with
Funeral homes and memorial centers, artists, suppliers, creators and service partners each bring what they do best to the work.
What we’re building next
In development
Spaces envisioned for remembrance, connection and community. Formats could range from a room or gallery within a funeral home to a purpose-built center.
Explore the conceptOperating system · Planned for 2027
An operating system in development for funeral homes. It is intended to connect the tools and service partners they already trust while keeping every decision with their team.
Explore Vigil.aiMarketplace · In development
A marketplace concept intended to bring suppliers, independent creators and The Memorial Collective side by side, connecting online choice back to participating local funeral homes.
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