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Many people plan for life events such as weddings and vacations well in advance, but many people do not plan for something that is certain to happen, their death. While most people do not want to think about their own mortality, the time to at least discuss pre-planning funeral options is now. The primary advantages of pre-planning (also known as pre-arranging) your funeral is to remove very difficult decisions for your loved one to make in an already emotional time. Pre-planning also ensures your wishes are carried out, eliminating the task of second-guessing of what you would have wanted. Planning in advance will omit some long steps that your family would have to work through after you have passed away. Surviving families feel relieved in an already stressful time when plans are put in place ahead of time. Please contact us to set up a meeting for having a well informed discussion. Our approach to pre-planning is focused on consumer education, information and listening to your needs. No commissions or pressure on our end, only a great conversation and support.

Family and friends getting together to honor a loved one’s life is one of the most important steps in the grieving and healing process. You may opt to have a traditional religious or military funeral service, or as more and more people are doing, you can choose to have a non-traditional ‘life celebration’. Decisions need to be made about the location of the funeral, the choice of casket or urn and who the pallbearers should be. Another decision to make is who will be officiating the service. You can choose to have a minister (or other religious leader) or a celebrant officiate the service. The difference between a minister and a celebrant is a celebrant is non-denominational.

A green or natural burial refers to returning a body to the earth as simple and with as little an impact on the environment as possible. For people who are mindful of the cyclical nature of life, a green or natural burial is a spiritually fulfilling alternative to conventional burial or cremation.

Traditionally, a burial service involves a visitation, followed by a funeral service in a church, or other place of worship. The casket is typically present at both these events, and it is your decision on whether to have the casket open or not. You have the option of having the remains interred (earth burial), or it may be entombed in a crypt inside a mausoleum (above ground burial). Family or religious traditions are often a factor for choosing a traditional burial. Decisions need to be made like, what kind of casket to use, what cemetery to use and what to put on the gravestone.

Through the years cremation has become the most common form of disposition. According to the Cremation Association of North America, currently Ontario, Canada is around a 75% cremation rate, and they project by year 2035 the cremation rate will be roughly at 86%. Are you considering cremation? There are four (4) crematoriums that typically serve funeral homes in the Niagara Region. Geographically they are located in Fonthill, Burlington, Milton and Paris. Each facility will have their own price list and set fees. The cost of cremation is considered to be a “disbursement” on a funeral home contract, (meaning it is a third party service being paid out on behalf of the family by the funeral establishment).