I.M.L. Funeral Services - (Isle Madame & Louisdale Funeral Services) Welcome Message Thank you for taking the time to visit our web site. A great deal of time and effort has gone into providing this service to our community and the families we serve. We are constantly enhancing and updating the information in this medium and hope that you find it helpful and convenient. If you have and questions or would like to share any suggestions on how we could improve this site, we value and encourage input.  We are here to continue to provide the highest standards for our community and to the families that we serve. Online Tributes We are pleased to provide this service to you and the families we serve. The current funerals entrusted to our firm are listed here. If you are unable to visit I.M.L. Funeral Home, you can still be with the family in thought by signing the online guest book, expressing your condolences or share your most memorable recollection about the deceased. You can also light a candle in their memory, place a memorial donation, send a floral tribute or be reminded of the anniversary of a death.    The AfterLoss Credo I need to talk about my loss. I may often need to tell you what happened - or to ask you why it happened. Each time I discuss my loss, I am helping myself face the reality of the death of my loved one. I need to know that you care about me. I need to feel your touch, your hugs. I need you just to be with me.  (And I need to be with you.) I need to know you believe in me and in my ability to get through my grief in my own way.  (And in my own time.) Please don't judge me now - or think that I'm behaving strangely.  Remember I'm grieving. I may even be in shock. I may feel afraid.  I may feel deep rage. I may even feel guilty.  But above all, I hurt. I'm experiencing a pain unlike any I've ever felt before. Don't worry if you think I'm getting better and then suddenly I seem to slip backward. Grief makes me behave this way at times. And please don't tell me you 'know how I feel,' or that it's time for me to get on with my life.  (I am probably already saying this to myself.) What I need now is time to grieve and to recover. Most of all, thank you for being my friend. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for caring. Thank you for helping, for understanding. Thank you for praying for me. And remember, in the days or years ahead, after your loss - when you need me as I have needed you - I will understand. And then I will come and be with you.                              Barbara Hills LesStrang