About this app

When a loved one dies, families are faced with the difficult, and often unfamiliar process of working with a funeral home to plan a meaningful funeral or memorial service. Created by experts in the funeral industry, Bridges is designed to make that process easier.

Bridges facilitates seamless communication between the funeral home, the family and their community of support, providing the right information at the right time to improve the funeral planning process, a digital platform to inform and engage friends and relatives after a death occurs, and meaningful ways to memorialize and remember a life.

Who is it for?
• Consumers who are actively planning a funeral
• Funeral directors serving families
• Extended family, friends and community members who wish to express support

The application is free and uses a secure access code provided by the funeral home.

If you have lost a loved one, Bridges will help you:

PLAN a Meaningful Funeral:
Take care of routine tasks and paperwork in the comfort and privacy of home via a secure digital connection with the funeral home. With Bridges, you can access checklists to assist in planning, explore obituary templates, available product and service options, and provide personal details and preferences that will allow your funeral professional to assist you in planning a meaningful funeral or memorial service for your loved one.
Information can be seen and submitted by other family members to allow everyone to participate in the planning process and stay up-to-date on the arrangements.

SHARE News with Family and Friends:
Sharing the news with extended family and friends doesn’t have to be stressful. Bridges lets you reach the people who need to know with a personal message and access to details as they become available.
By streamlining the communication process, you can activate your support network earlier in the process, giving them more time to process the news, make plans to attend services or express their condolences.
Your funeral director will start the process by providing you with a secure access code to unlock the app. Simply select the people you want to notify from your personal contacts, create a message and Bridges will do the work for you.

REMEMBER a Life Well Lived:
Every life is unique. Celebrate the things that made your loved one special with personal tributes and remembrances of time spent together through photos, videos, personal messages, cards, flowers, keepsake items, memorial tributes, and other special things. Bridges makes these connections easier so your loved one will be remembered for generations.

If someone you know has lost a loved one, Bridges will:
• Keep you up-to-date on the service arrangements
• Provide access to the obituary, online photos and videos
• Make it easier for you to send flowers, cards or messages or condolence

More about Bridges:
The Bridges app is provided by Batesville Casket Company in conjunction with licensed funeral homes in North America. The app is free to families and their extended support networks, and is accessed by receiving an invitation from the funeral home or family.

If you would like to learn more about the Bridges app please visit Bridges.Batesville.com.

New features

We are constantly working to improve our application. This release includes several bug fixes.

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Required to be able to access the camera device.