Vashon Island Coffin Company

04/16/2026

Thanks for the shout out to Marian Caskets. Although we still have a casket-making shop on Vashon Island, we've dedicated most of our efforts to expanding Marian Caskets in Scranton, PA. It's encouraging to hear this enthusiastic support.

02/19/2026

With Providence Pregnancy Center – I just got recognized as one of their top fans!

08/02/2025

Not as aesthetically pleasing as a Marian Caskets engraved wood coffin, but an innovative alternative to conventional 20-gague steel, gasket-sealed modern sarcophagi.

The U.S. has witnessed its first burial using a mushroom coffin, a biodegradable casket made of mycelium, the root structure of fungi. These coffins break down naturally and absorb body toxins, returning the body to the soil in a clean, eco-friendly way.

Mycelium grows around an organic frame and biodegrades in 30 to 45 days after burial. It’s part of the emerging green burial movement, aiming to replace traditional caskets and chemical embalming.

This new form of burial offers a sustainable, regenerative return to the Earth, aligning life, death, and ecology.

02/18/2025

"More than 60 members of Madonna House have died since the foundation of our community in 1947, most of them here in Combermere. Over and over again we have seen how precious and significant are the last months, weeks, days, and hours in a person’s life, the last moments between one life and the next.

In the book Mother Maria, Her Life in Letters*, Mother Maria writes to someone about her cancer, remission, return of the cancer and the time of dying, 'The hour of our death is not an arbitrary one; it is the perfect time for ourselves and for God.'

We will all die. The time surrounding our death is a privileged time of encounter with God. And dying within God’s timing allows him to be present in new ways with his gifts. The more people you accompany, the more you see that dying is really between the person and God.

The dying process is also a tremendous gift for those who accompany the person. One member of Madonna House who has accompanied many who died said, 'Not all experiences of being with the dying stand out for me, but every death has been a privilege.'

Here are stories of a few of our brothers and sisters in Madonna House...."
[Continue reading at link below]

- Some Members of Madonna House, February 2025 Restoration.
https://madonnahouse.org/choose-to-live-until-you-die-by-members-of-madonna-house/

01/20/2024

Handcrafted caskets carved with prayers to Give Faith the Last Word

11/20/2023

Our personalized wooden crosses invite those we love to deepen their faith in this season of peace, and memorialize those who have gone before us, and who sleep the sleep of peace.

This holiday season gift your loved ones with a one of a kind Divine Mercy Cross personalized for them. Proceeds benefit, Providence Pregnancy Center, which is committed to serving pregnant women and protecting the lives of unborn babies.
 https://www.mariancaskets.com/divinemercycross

10/20/2023

Marian Caskets founder, Marcus Daly, discusses God's providence in our business' relocation to Scranton, PA. Located on Maine Ave. across the street from St. Thomas More Parish, and next door to Providence Pregnancy Center.

‎Show In The Father's Hands, Ep Episode 58: Marcus Daly, Founder of Marian Caskets - Oct 17, 2023

06/06/2023

Reminder: All of life is worth living. https://www.simchafisher.com/2023/06/05/all-of-life-is-worth-living/?fbclid=IwAR38jTiUJhHlbWDjD86TW8dmBMufjCBMQ4LBkP0-7XS--3BK3DCig53AyuI

The other day, I performed the solemn rite of white women in their late 40’s: I shared a photo of my lunch salad on social media. The ritual goes like this: I post a photo of my lunch, and I compla…

03/03/2022

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/brain-activity-dying-person-recorded-140200273.html The law of non-contradiction strikes again. Our life really does seemingly flash before our eyes when we die.

A patient’s unexpected death during a study has given us the first recording of a dying human brain. Scientists managed to capture the unique event while monitoring the brain waves of an 87-year-old-epilepsy patient. During the study, the patient experienced a heart attack and died while still bei...

04/03/2020

The death of someone we love can turn our world upside down, and when the world is already upside down in the midst of a pandemic, it's downright dizzying. Thankfully the Washington State DOL has recently clarified the March 19th ban on funerals. It is now permitted for immediate family members to attend graveside services if social distancing of 6 ft. is maintained. Full-body burial is also still permitted. Our prayers continue for all who weep and mourn, that they will be consoled in hope.