Episode 4 | Carrie Foley - A widow's unique perspective as a funeral director
Filled With Gold Widow Podcast
English - August 12, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Education Self-Improvement widow grief loss young widow widowed widows grieving death lonely Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this episode I chat with Carrie Benedict Foley who is a widow, a mom of 5 children and a licensed funeral director. Carrie represents the sixth generation of Benedicts in funeral service. Her family owns Westchester Funeral Home in Eastchester, NY. Carrie’s husband Danny died on February 22, 2020 after a 1 year battle with 9/11 related pancreatic cancer. He was a firefighter with FDNY and worked many months on “the pile” at Ground Zero.
Listen in as Carrie and I cover a lot of ground together. Listen in and find out about:
- How Carrie & Danny met - the exchange of pager numbers, their love of country music
- Danny and his brother Tommy were NY firefighters on 9/11
- Danny’s physical and emotional trauma from working at Ground Zero
- Carrie’s incredibly unique perspective as a widow and a funeral director
- Gilda’s Club was a huge help to Carrie & her kids - supports families with a cancer diagnosis/death
- The chaos of grieving, working, parenting during Covid & delayed grieving after the quarantine
- Self-care in widowhood = yoga, wine, cheese & tennis (not all at the same time though)
“Accept the help. If someone is offering you help, take the help.”
- Carrie Foley
Links
instagram: carriefoley6
facebook: Carrie Benedict Foley
twitter: @CarrieBFoley6
LinkedIn: Carrie Foley
www.westchesterfuneralhome.com
Instagram: westchesterfuneralhome
Facebook: Westchester Funeral Home, Inc.
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