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WHERE TO START
When you first begin the process of Our staff are experienced in event
designing a ceremony, the decisions planning, understanding and gra-
you’ll face might seem overwhelming ciously accommodating the needs of
at first. We’re here to help you un- all beliefs, faiths, lifestyles and rela-
derstand the options and make your tionships.
choices one by one, making the re-
membrance one of love, healing and Caring for physical remains
life celebration. The process can be Once you’ve chosen how you’d like to
broken down in to two stages: deci- celebrate your loved ones life journey,
sions regarding the service and how the next decision you’ll face is about
you’d like to honour your loved ones how you’d like to care for their phys-
life, and decisions regarding how ical remains. This can be a difficult
you’d like to care for your loved ones or emotional choice for you and your
physical remains. family, so we’ll be sure to provide you
with the information you need as we
Designing a ceremony help you to consider your options, to
Whether its formal or informal, tradi- ultimately make the decision that is
tional or offbeat, a funeral provides an right for your loved one and for your
opportunity for family and friends to family. Once you’ve chosen between
gather and support one another in tak- burial and cremation, there are a few
ing the first steps of their healing jour- additional decisions you’ll face:
ney. A service can take place in any
setting - at your home, outdoors, or at For a burial, you’ll need to select a
our facilities, for examples - and can casket and a cemetery, then to choose
incorporate music, poetry or art in the between a ground burial or entomb-
celebration of a life well-lived. There ment in a mausoleum.
are endless possibilites for what the
service can be, and we’re honoured to
go above and beyond in our duty to
meet your personalised and specific
requests.
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