Obituaries

Daniel Wisnom
B: 1957-11-07
D: 2023-11-24
View Details
Wisnom, Daniel
Bernadette Skok
B: 1945-12-29
D: 2023-11-17
View Details
Skok, Bernadette
Benjamin Bae
B: 1939-12-18
D: 2023-11-12
View Details
Bae, Benjamin
Neil Samuels
B: 1958-03-12
D: 2023-11-10
View Details
Samuels, Neil
Elsie Doerner
B: 1933-01-15
D: 2023-11-09
View Details
Doerner, Elsie
Marilyn Covington
B: 1932-08-23
D: 2023-11-09
View Details
Covington, Marilyn
Thomas Holst
B: 1941-09-08
D: 2023-11-05
View Details
Holst, Thomas
Jane Loring
B: 1937-07-06
D: 2023-10-29
View Details
Loring, Jane
Joyce Elder
B: 1933-10-16
D: 2023-10-28
View Details
Elder, Joyce
Robert Pisciotta
B: 1940-04-07
D: 2023-10-26
View Details
Pisciotta, Robert
Wilfredo Mercado
B: 1941-07-29
D: 2023-10-24
View Details
Mercado, Wilfredo
Betsy Baiker
B: 1955-04-02
D: 2023-10-23
View Details
Baiker, Betsy
Helen Aurandt
B: 1937-09-26
D: 2023-10-22
View Details
Aurandt, Helen
Betty Gonnerman
B: 1936-05-07
D: 2023-10-18
View Details
Gonnerman, Betty
Bonnie Paulsen
B: 1942-06-15
D: 2023-10-18
View Details
Paulsen, Bonnie
T. Schmalbruch
B: 1932-08-15
D: 2023-10-18
View Details
Schmalbruch, T.
Joseph Krystofinski
B: 1946-04-21
D: 2023-10-16
View Details
Krystofinski, Joseph
Margaret Rowe
B: 1926-11-29
D: 2023-10-14
View Details
Rowe, Margaret
Patricia Gessner
B: 1939-01-13
D: 2023-10-12
View Details
Gessner, Patricia
Robert Rawley
B: 1932-11-03
D: 2023-10-12
View Details
Rawley, Robert
Bonita Salamanca
B: 1934-02-08
D: 2023-10-10
View Details
Salamanca, Bonita

Search

Use the form above to find your loved one. You can search using the name of your loved one, or any family name for current or past services entrusted to our firm.

Click here to view all obituaries
Search Obituaries

344 North Main Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Fax: (215) 348-0680
Email: info@varcoethomasfuneralhome.com

344 N. Main Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Phone: 215-348-8930
Fax: 215-348-0680

Immediate Need

If you have immediate need of our services, we're available for you 24 hours a day.

Pre-Arrangement

A gift to your family, sparing them hard decisions at an emotional time.

Obituaries & Tributes

It is not always possible to pay respects in person, so we hope that this small token will help.

Order Flowers

Offer a gift of comfort and beauty to a family suffering from loss.

The Nature and Purpose of Grief

Someone once said, "Grief is reaching out for someone who's always been there, only to find when you need them the most, one last time, they're gone." We think there is a lot of truth in those words.

The death of a loved one is life's most painful event. People's reactions to death remain one of society's least understood and most "off-limits" topics for discussion. Oftentimes, grievers feel totally alone in dealing with their pain, loneliness, and isolation.

Grief is a natural emotion that follows death of someone dear to you; and to one degree or another, it hurts. It is like an open wound which must heal.

At times, it can seem as if this healing will never happen. But, sometimes the healing process can take much less time than we have been led to believe. Grieving is purely an individual experience.

But It Does Have a Purpose

The ultimate goal of grief and mourning is to take you beyond your initial reactions to the loss. The therapeutic purpose of grief and mourning is to get you to the place where you can live with the loss in a healthy way. To do this, you have to make some necessary changes in your life, including:

1. Changing your relationship with your loved one—recognizing he or she is now gone and developing new ways of relating to him or her. Take comfort in knowing your relationship will continue - it will just be different.

2. Developing a new sense of yourself to reflect the many changes that occurred when you lost your loved one.

3. Taking on physically and mentally healthy new ways of being in the world without your loved one.

4. Finding new people, objects or pursuits in which to put the emotional investment that you once placed in your relationship with the deceased.

The bottom line of this active work of grief and mourning is to help you recognize that your loved one is gone. Then you must make the necessary internal, psychological changes, as well as the necessary external, social changes, to accommodate this reality. And it all takes time.

If you would like additional grief support, please call us. We are here to help you through all the moments after loss.