The Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home in Naperville held its 28th annual Memorial Luminary Program on Wednesday.

“We invite all the families that we served from the prior year, October through September, to come back and honor their loved one,” said Stephanie Jones-Kastelic, Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home co-owner. “We set up bags with all the loved ones’ names on them, give folks the opportunity to decorate the bag, and then we include a service with a different clergy person representing all different churches throughout our community, followed by military honors.”

Honoring the memory of loved ones with luminaries

Jones-Kastelic learned about the tradition from a woman at her church.

“A lady spoke to how she honored her young son that had passed. And it was with setting luminary bags on h

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