Our Company
Life Cycle Pet Cremation, Inc., owned and operated by Bobbie Ruth Langley, was incorporated on May 20, 2013 and opened for business on October 21, 2013. Originally owned by both Bobbie Ruth and Bill Langley, 100% ownership was transferred to Bobbie Ruth in January 2017. The company began doing business as Radiant Heart After-Care for Pets in late December 2017. The primary dba was then changed again in 2025 to Radiant Heart Pet Cremation & Memorials.
The idea to open a pet cremation service came to the Langleys on the grief-filled evening of January 22, 2013. Bill, Bobbie Ruth and daughter Tatiana stood near a cat tower in their living room where Tommy, their eldest cat, rested. Tommy was 18 and quickly deteriorating from kidney failure. While the Langleys soothed Tommy and comforted each other, their veterinarian – Rachel Bangert DVM of Village Veterinary Hospital – prepared the syringes that would put Tommy into a deep sleep and then stop his heart.
On the mantel over the fireplace Bill had placed the small cherry wood urn that he had made for Tommy. When Dr. Bangert noticed the urn and complimented Bill, Bobbie Ruth turned to him and said with soft sad irony, “Well…there’s a business for you.”
After 7 successful years of owning and managing The Placid Pet, Inc. (dba Placid Pets) — a pet care organization that at its peak employed 13 pet care providers and actively cared for more than 350 pets across 200 households — Bobbie Ruth was ready for a new challenge. She hoped to build upon Placid Pet’s good reputation while meeting a need within the community. For more than a year Bobbie Ruth and Bill had considered a variety of pet-related ventures. Whenever an idea — serious or silly — came to their attention, the couple had a habit of saying to each other, “Well, there’s a business for you.”
Bobbie Ruth’s remark on the evening of January 22nd was really just a slight attempt at levity, yet it stirred something in Dr. Bangert. She turned to Bobbie Ruth and with all sincerity replied, “If you want to start a new business, start a pet cremation business.”
Across the country, pet parents were beginning to demand the same quality of after-care for their pets that they expected for their human family members. The time was right for a new type of cremation service, and a new option for local pet parents.
The next morning Bobbie Ruth began researching the pet cremation business both in the Pacific Northwest and nationally. It quickly became clear that pet cremation ticked off a lot of boxes for her personally and would fill a void in local and personal pet after-care. Pet cremation was the opportunity she had been looking for.
On October 21, 2013, Bobbie Ruth facilitated the company’s first flame cremation of a beloved pitbull named Traviesa.
In late 2018 Radiant Heart also installed an aquamation machine. This made it possible for Radiant Heart to offer both traditional flame cremation and eco-friendly water cremation.
Radiant Heart has been a member of the International Association of Pet Cemeteries and Crematories (IAOPCC) since 2014 and a member of Cremation Association of North America (CANA) since 2026.
In 2019, Radiant Heart became a Gold Partner with Northwest Clean Air Association (NWCAA) for responsible stewardship of our flame crematorium and the addition of eco-friendly water cremation.
