End of Life Celebrations at Keep Tryst Manor

Knoxville, MD, across the Shenandoah River from Harpers Ferry, WV

Honoring a Loved One with a Special End of Life Celebration

End of Life Celebrations are a new kind of memorial that honors the legacy of a loved one who has passed on, and celebrates the life that they led. It tells the story of the person who lived and loved well. It is not a funeral, and is not the traditional way of saying goodbye.

A New Alternative

Traditionally, friends and family gather for a viewing and a funeral, followed by a reception after. The choices and locations are few, and the costs are traditionally very high.

We offer an entirely new way of creating and hosting a celebration of life. Many people do not want a conventional or religious service, and many do not want a viewing after death. Some people are not being traditionally buried, opting instead for cremation. This creates the need for a new way of hosting a memorial outside of a funeral home, but without the extensive planning and work of creating a self-catered and organized event.

End of Life Celebrations offers a way of saying goodbye that allows you to celebrate with your guests, in a natural, beautiful environment. Let us host your event on our historic property near Harpers Ferry, WV, and take care of all of the details, from flowers to catering and music. We have Packages available to suit every need and budget.

At End of Life Celebrations of Maryland, we help you to create a celebration or party that reflects your loved one's personality and life.

We know that losing a loved one is an overwhelming time, even without the pressure of planning a memorial service.

Let us do the work.

We'll gather the details of what you'd like to include for your guests, then we'll create a completely turnkey event at our location in Knoxville, Maryland, near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

You can arrive with your guests, refreshed and free of the exhausting work of organizing the food, flowers, and other details. You are free to focus on your guests and on honoring the memory of your loved one.

Explore our Service Options, then contact us for a conversation about your needs. We'll work together to create the perfect celebration.

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SERVICES

We offer a wide variety of services from which you can choose. Let's work together to create the perfect celebration.

Celebration Options

  • We can provide a celebrant to lead your ceremony, or work with the officiant or clergy of your choice.
  • A beautiful outdoor ceremony under the canopy of our tree of life.
  • Dancing, music and story telling.
  • Photography to capture the day and your attendees.
  • Poem writers and unique artists who can create special take-aways for your guests.
  • Floral packages for the ceremony and for the dinner.
  • Butterfly releases.
  • Riverside ceremonies with the spreading of ashes.
  • Hike up to a gorgeous vista where you can have your ceremony, or spead ashes after your service.
  • We can create themed celebrations for people who loved a certain era, sports team, music, or anything else you can think of!

Note that we are not a funeral home; we are not able to accommodate viewings of the body. Ashes are welcome.

Food & Drink Options

  • Choose dinner in our gorgeous barn.
  • Cocktail hour and time for speeches and remembrance.
  • Your choice of catering to suit your style, and your budget.
  • Bartenders to serve your favorite cocktails and beverages.

OUR LOCATION

Historic, Rustic-Elegant Property near Harper's Ferry, WV

Your celebration of life will be held at our historic property, Keep Tryst Manor, in Knoxville, Maryland. We are located just across the Shenandoah River from Harpers Ferry, WV.

Our property offers a wide choice of unique, natural ceremony settings. Enjoy our beautiful vintage barn for a private dinner after the ceremony, take in our stunning gardens as well as our bamboo forest chapel. We have room for dancing, live music, a vintage bar for cocktails, and many small, intimate seating areas for quiet chats and times of remembrance.

A gentle reminder - we do not allow bodies or caskets for the service. You may bring your loved one's ashes with you, and we can accommodate a Spreading of Ashes Ceremony.

Read more about our property here, and view a map to our location here.

PACKAGES

We offer a wide variety of services from which to choose. Let's work together to create the perfect celebration.

PREMIUM PACKAGE - $11,000

Our premium package includes:

  • Up to 45 guests
  • 4 hours at Keep Tryst Manor
  • Parking across the street
  • Ceremony in our serene wooded site, with seating
  • A celebrant to lead the ceremony (or, we can work with your officiant)
  • Coordination and planning of the entire celebration, including the hiring of vendors
  • Drinks and appetizers after the ceremony. Includes a bartender.
  • Sit-down dinner with catering options
  • Florals for tables and ceremony
  • All tables, chairs, decor, set-up, cleanup, furniture, lawn games, pub tables, buffet tables, linens, table settings
  • This price does not include alcohol.
  • End of Life Celebrations chooses and hires all vendors.

CEREMONY & COCKTAIL HOUR - $8,0000

  • Up to 45 guests
  • 3 hours at Keep Tryst Manor
  • Parking across the street
  • Ceremony in our serene wooded site, with seating
  • A celebrant to lead the ceremony (or, we can work with your officiant)
  • Bluetooth sound system for music
  • Drink and appetizers after the ceremony - includes a bartender and drinks.
  • Florals for the ceremony
  • Coordination and planning of the entire celebration
  • End of Life Celebrations chooses and hires all vendors.
  • This price does not include alcohol. 

JUST THE CEREMONY - $3,500

  • Up to 45 guests
  • 2 hours at Keep Tryst Manor
  • Parking across the street
  • Ceremony in our serene wooded site, with seating
  • A celebrant to lead the ceremony (or, we can work with your officiant)
  • Bluetooth sound system for music
  • Coordination and planning of the entire celebration
  • End of Life Celebrations chooses and hires all vendors.

LIVING CELEBRATIONS

Would you like to have a celebration for yourself or a loved one that is still living? Are you dealing with a life-altering health condition or dementia? Do you want to see everyone and have one last, amazing party while you are mentally and physically capable?

This is called a Living Celebration.

People want to hear and see the impact they have made, and the legacy they are leaving. It gives them immense joy and gratitude to be a part of the celebration.

Living celebrations are becoming more popular as yet another way to say goodbye that has meaning and real connection with family and friends.

PRE-PLANNING

If you would like to pre-plan your own celebration to save your loved ones from making the decisions, we'd be delighted to work with you. This is an ideal solution for those who do not want a traditional viewing and funeral service, or who want to outline exactly how the service will be done.

Come visit us at our beautiful location, and let's walk the grounds together and design your celebration of life. You can pre-pay for the services so that everything is in order for your family when it's needed.

MEET LISA HALL

Let Lisa's decade of successful event planning make your celebration of life event easy and stress-free.

Lisa is a wedding planner as well as the venue owner, and has been in the wedding business for over 10 years.

All-inclusive events are her specialty, and creating beautiful, well-thought-out experiences is where she thrives. This passion is evident in every event that she coordinates, and she makes every celebration of life as special and stress-free as possible for you and your guests.

Learn more about Lisa's services at TheWeddingNiche.com.

CONTACT US

Let's work together to design the ideal Celebration.

End of Life Celebrations of Maryland

Keep Tryst Manor
19414 Keep Tryst Road
Knoxville, MD 21758

endoflifecelebrationsmd@gmail.com

703-346-0888

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