Lasting Memories of Loved One’s through Innovative Technology

Long Island Funeral Home Provides Lasting Memories of Loved One’s through Innovative Technology

Smithtown, New York, January 19, 2010 -- The Branch Funeral Home, one of Long Island’s oldest family owned funeral home announces one of their featured funeral services revealed as the Special Personalized Video Tribute.  The personalized video tribute is an excellent way for friends and family to remember a loved one for years to come.

The complimentary personalized video tribute presentation contains customized family photos formed into a custom 6 to 10 minute video presentation.  Clients can choose to the play video presentation about their loved one all throughout the visitation and even during the service.

Branch Funeral Home is constantly searching for new ways to help family’s have memorable services by utilizing innovative technology.

In addition to providing clients with innovative ways to share the memories of their loved ones, the Vigliante family is recognized by the community for providing outstanding service for families in need for 110 years.

The funeral home has established a reputation of earning their client’s confidence by providing them with a kindhearted and compassionate atmosphere during their time of bereavement.

“We believe in personal attention and uncompromising quality. We are proud of our long standing traditions, our serene facilities and steadfast commitment to serving families in their deepest time of need,” says John H. Vigliante Co- Owner and Manger.

Branch Funeral Home’s experienced and highly trained staff members provides personalized funeral, memorials, cremation services, and even burials. The funeral home also offers custom-made merchandise that reveals the client’s wishes and the life of their loved one.

About Branch Funeral Home

Since 1900, the Vigliante family has been servicing families during their time of need.  Henry and his wife, Loretta purchased The Branch Funeral Home and has sustained the family tradition since 1974.  Along, with Henry and Loretta, their sons John Manager of the funeral home and Paul, Funeral Director are continuing the family legacy and bringing The Branch Funeral Home into the twenty-first century with the same commitment to excellence.

The Branch Funeral Home staff is available to their clients needs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For further information, visit their website at: Branchfh.com.

Contact Information

The Branch Funeral Home

190 E. Main St.

Smithtown, NY 11787

631-724-9500 

A Family Tradition, in the Funeral Service Business

For Decades the Vigilante family has been the business of helping families get thought the most difficult time of their lives for over 110 Years.  This needs to be done with compassion and a knowledge to know what will be needed before the family knows they need it. In 2010 John Vigilante was honored with the Long Island Business News awarded to the top 40 business leaders under the age of 40.  The Fact that Henry, his father, always taught him that,that every family that comes in, needs to be taken care of like they were our family. This is clearly one reason for this award. Because of this firmly held family belief, John and Branch Funeral Home's reputation continues to grow. 

Below is the Press release from Last Year.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

John Vigliante

Manager

Phone Number: 631-724-9500
Email: info@branchfh.com
www.branchfh.com

John Vigliante of Branch Funeral Home is awarded Top 40.

Long Island, NY, January 28, 2010 – Long Island Business News honors John Vigliante at their 40 Under 40 Awards Dinner.

On January 28, 2010, Long Island Business News awarded their top 40 business leaders under the age of 40. After receiving hundreds of nominations, their steering committee has narrowed it down to include only one funeral home business owner, John Vigliante of The Branch Funeral Home. John Vigliante of St James, is the co- owner and manager of The Branch Funeral Home and proud to be a fourth generation funeral director.  Since he became manager in 1999, he has not only carried on the family tradition with dignity, but has also grown the business exponentially with innovative ideas and community involvement. “I am honored to receive this award on behalf of my entire staff of The Branch Funeral Home. We have worked hard to earn the trust of our families and that is our most prized honor.   Our philosophy is to go above and beyond to make the families we serve feel like members of our family,” says John Vigliante.

Along with the funeral industry, awardees in this program also represent entrepreneurs, government, education, law, banking, not-for-profits and the high-tech industry. Since 1998, the Long Island Business News has been taking nominations for the 40 Under 40 Award. An event that started out as a small-scale business meeting has grown into one of the year’s most popular events among the business community of Long Island.

Since 1900 the Vigliante family has been helping families in their time of need.  For additional information on The Branch Funeral Home or funeral related questions, contact John Vigliante 631-724-9500 or visit www.branchfh.com.



If Your a Sports Fan, Then Why Not Make it Forever

By Ryan Chatelain  AM New York

Steven Galante is a die-hard Mets fan, and he has the casket to prove it.

Galante, 42, of Smithtown, Long Island, is the first known area resident to purchase one of the new coffins emblazoned with baseball team logos and colors.

“You wear your favorite hat when your team plays,” Galante said. “I guess, when you’re dead, why not go out in the best way that you want to?”

The first batch of the caskets is being distributed to funeral homes nationwide and cost $5,995 each — about $1,000 more than a traditional coffin made of similar materials. Twenty teams’ caskets will be available by December, including the Yankees and Mets. The manufacturer, Michigan-based Eternal Image, plans to have all 30 franchises accounted for by the end of 2009, so you can your favorite today.

Since the company began selling team-branded urns in 2006, CEO Clint Mytych said the Yankees have attracted the most customers. Two other sports leagues also may be added to Eternal Image’s future roster, he said.

At a time when the funeral industry is focusing on the celebration of a life, rather than mourning a death, the baseball caskets are enlivening a typically grim experience.

Galante learned of the coffins in June when he attended his grandmother’s funeral at The Branch Funeral Home in Smithtown. Branch co-owner John Vigliante told Galante about the coffins that were slated to hit the market.

“I said, ‘Hey, the first day you get them in, let me know. I’ll be planning my funeral,’ ” Galante recalled. He pre-purchased his casket a week after Branch received its first shipment last month.

Since then, the Mets and Yankees coffins have been a hot topic of conversation among clients, Vigliante said.

“They may feel like, ‘For me, that’s too much. But maybe for Uncle Joe, he would love this,”’ he said.

The velvet-lined caskets are made of 18-gauge steel with exterior white ash wood accents — the same wood used in major-league bats. Logos adorn the outside shell, as well as an inside panel and pillow.

Mike Coutu, 23, who lives on Long Island and works in the Financial District, said he’d consider being buried in a Mets coffin.

“I know my roommate from college would be all for this,” said Coutu. “He’s a huge Mets fan, too. He would definitely do it.”

When shown a photo of the coffins, Yankees fan Alex Duque said the caskets weren’t for him but conceded that other fans would welcome them.” That’s totally extreme,” said Duque, 31, of midtown. “But I guess if that’s how you want to go out … why not?”

Another Advantage to Pre Planning Funerals

Pre Planning Your Funeral has many advantages.  One of the biggest is that you can plan it the way you want.  If you want a certain casket or to be buried in a certain cemetery, it can be planned exactly the way you want.  You can pick your favorite music and make the whole thing as elaborate or as conservative as you want.  You family will have little or or as much say in it as you want.  Pre Planning Funeral  Services are the best way to have people remember you the you wanted, not the way your family may think you wanted.  

 

A Few Reasons for Pre Planning a Funeral

We all agree that most people will be very emotional when a mother or father passes. If there is a surviving parent, that parent is not likely to be able to do much, but things have to be done, and quickly. It is very important that you get together with any siblings you may have. If your family has done some planning for this eventual day, then there might have done some pre planning for the funeral arrangements. At that point, you can just go and grab the paperwork and have things set into motion. Nice and simple, now everyone can grieve with each other.
If you are like most families there has been no pre planning for funeral arrangements. One of the siblings, if there is any, or you if there is not, have to get things in motion. There are so many things to be done, look up a funeral home near where they lived, get a monument company to make a headstone. If you do not know anyone this could take some time. Remember all of this when you grieving from your loss. Then make sure that everyone who needs to know knows. If no cemetery has been, pick then all of that needs to be done. Again, all while your grieving. Now that it all is moving, everything has to be coordinated so everyone is on the same page.  At the end of it all, you will have wished that you had done pre planning for the funeral arrangements.