Media News - 2006

Susan Hamilton Joins White Rose

In June Susan Hamilton of Dummerston recently joined White Rose Pet Memorial Services as an assistant. Susan's compassion and her understanding of the deep emotional bonds between people and their pets complement White Rose and support its commitment to providing caring support to pet owners following the loss of their pets.


As a child, Susan spent summers with her grandparents in Dummerston. She moved to Vermont in 1978. Throughout a 15-year period she worked periodically for the Vermont-New Hampshire Veterinary Clinic as an animal assistant, tending to all the animals with love. She lives in Dummerston with her husband Doug and their four-year-old black lab, "Ralph."

Marilyn George and Steve Hellus welcome Susan to White Rose, a pet crematory that provides after-care services, including cremations, home pickup, memorial services, grief assistance, caskets and memorial stones and markers, both directly to pet owners and through area veterinarians. White Roes is a member of the the International Association of Pet Cemeteries and Crematories (IAPC) and the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement

(APLB).

Pet Crematory Proprietors Attend Conference

On Pet Loss and Bereavement Counseling hosted

by Wallace Sife, founder APLB

Memorial Day weekend Marilyn George and Steve Hellus of White Rose Pet Memorial Services attended the Third International Conference and Workshop on Pet Loss and Bereavement in New York City, hosted by Wallace Sife, founder of the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement (APLB). Presented topics included children and pet loss, religion and pet loss, pet as a family member, pre-loss bereavement and euthanasia. The conference offered a unique opportunity for professionals and pet lovers to network regarding pet loss and bereavement.

Dr. Sife, has been acclaimed as the leading authority in pet bereavement and has won many awards and rave reviews of his book, "The Loss of a Pet". The APLB offers all possible kinds of help and assistance to individuals in bereavement, including chat rooms on petloss and bereavement hosted by Dr. Sife and other facilitators. Those who might need pet loss assistance can visit the website :www.aplb.org.

White Rose Pet Memorial Services, (a pet crematory that serves southeastern Vermont, southwestern New Hampshire and north-central Massachusetts from its Brattleboro location), provides aftercare services to pets, and small to medium farm animals. Services include cremations, home pick up, memorial services, grief assistance, caskets and memorial garden stones.