02/23/2026

Every Life is Worth Remembering - What Celebrants Can Do for You

By: Glenda Stansbury, MA, CFSP, LFD VP Marketing and Development Director, In-Sight Books

The discussion focuses on the need for a personalized ceremony, options that are available to families and how everyone on a funeral home or cemetery staff can make the service a memorable and meaningful event. This course will provide statistics about the changing demographics, provide sample ceremonies and services that can be provided for those families who wish to have a specialized funeral service, and give practical actions for funeral professionals in serving their families in new and unique methods.

Before joining In-Sight Books, Glenda Stansbury worked for 12 years for the Oklahoma Education Association as a trainer/facilitator. She was responsible for developing and delivering teacher training all over the state of Oklahoma and was cited by the National Education Association as one of the top trainers in her field. She has worked as VP of Marketing and Development for In­Sight Books since 1995, publishing over 35 resources in the areas of grief and elder care written by Doug Manning. She has been Dean of the In-Sight Institute since 1999, co­trining over 6000 Funeral Celebrants across North America with Doug Manning and received the 2022 ICCFA Lasting Impact Award for the work of Celebrants. She is a full-time instructor in the mortuary program at University of Central Oklahoma, part time instructor at Worsham Mortuary College, Chicago, a licensed funeral director/ embalmer, and practicing Funeral Celebrant.