Life Story Funeral Home

Our Story

Life Story Funeral Home Traverse City is a locally owned full service funeral home and cremation provider offering cost friendly, high quality personal service.

After nearly two decades as a licensed funeral director, Vaughn Seavolt felt something was missing. The Traverse City resident began feeling that something was lacking in the funerals he saw delivered day after day. He knew there had to be more than just selling caskets. And then, he found what he was looking for.

“After a friend of mine died, I discovered Life Story® for the first time,” Seavolt said. “I underwent a personal transformation, and for the first time in a long time, I saw the meaning and relevance in a funeral service. That’s when I knew I had to bring Life Story® to the place I call home, the Traverse City area.” Seavolt, who graduated from Olivet College before attending Wayne State, says he knows the Life Story Experience™ will resonate with the people of the Grand Traverse area, just as it resonated with him.

Seavolt’s dream has come to fruition, with the addition of the Traverse City Life Story Funeral Home®. The new funeral home, owned and operated by Seavolt, is located at 400 West Hammond Road. Seavolt says, his new funeral home is contemporary, accessible, and a tech-friendly celebration of life. There’s no casket selection room, no funeral drapes, and no fleet of hearses, either. Most of all, it’s a funeral experience focused on life and memories, not death and caskets, Seavolt says.

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