Meet our Celebrants

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Kathy Burns

Kathy is a Vice President and Graphic Designer for the InSight Books and Mortuary School Program Supervisor for InSight Institute. She was a special education teacher for a number of years before joining the staff at InSight. She is an author and a Celebrant Trainer for InSight Institute.


Glenda Stansbury

Glenda is Marketing & Development Director of InSight Books, Co-Founder and Dean of InSight Institute Certified Celebrant Program. She has worked as an educator, teacher trainer, and seminar developer. She is also a professor at the University of Central Oklahoma Funeral Department and is a licensed funeral director/embalmer.


My family and I want to send our gratitude for the beautiful service you performed for our dad. It really helped us get through that day. Although we didn’t know what a Celebrant was, it turned out to be exactly what we were wanting—a service that celebrated his life. You really took the time to get to know him through our stories and honor his life in the way you told them. We are all doing exactly what you said, we are keeping his memory alive for us & his grandchildren. Please accept our sincerest thanks.
— Kathie, Randi, Corey & Krystal