Welcome to my website for Funerals, Memorials, and Life Tributes. My name is Ruth Ellen Hasser, and I am a certified Funeral Celebrant and Non-denominational Minister. I serve the city of St. Louis and its surrounding Missouri and Illinois counties.
If you are reading this, it is very likely that someone you love has recently died or is preparing for death. Whether the death was sudden or has come at the end of a long illness, this is a very difficult time for you and your family. And it is at this difficult time that you are now faced with preparing a funeral or memorial service.
As you think about a ceremony to honor someone you love, you want to have a fitting tribute to that person, something that is honest, meaningful, and dignified. You want a ceremony which both honors the person who has died, as well as one which helps you and those closest to the deceased to get through this difficult time. If you or the deceased belong to a house of worship, you will most likely work with their pastoral leadership to design a funeral or memorial for your loved one. But if you do not have th