Funeral Services

Where should the Funeral Service be held?

A Funeral Service can be held at many different locations.  The choice of where a Service will be held is a very important one.  If a person is a member of a Church congregation, then the obvious choice is for the Service to be held in that Church.  If a Church is not the preferred choice than the options are wide and varied.  Such as the Mason Park Chapel which is located directly opposite the Wangaratta Lawn Cemetery, a Crematorium Chapel, at the Graveside in the Cemetery, a local Hall, Function Centre, a garden, a private residence. Choices are only limited by imagination.

If the decision is made for the Service not to be held in a Church building, the option to have a Priest or Minister of Religion is still available at all of these settings.

Burial or Cremation?

The decision to choose burial or Cremation is a very personal one.

Everybody has their own opinion or belief as to how they would like to be laid to rest and we are able to accommodate these requests.

If burial is chosen, there are many different Cemeteries available and there are many different options as to the types of graves that are available within each Cemetery.   Your Mason Park Funeral Director can walk you through the many different options available.

If Cremation is preferred, the decision of where the Cremation is to take place will need to be made.

Memorialisation is very important to those people left behind.  If a person is buried, then the grave would usually be marked with a bronze plaque or granite headstone.

If Cremation is chosen, depending on what is decided as the final resting place for the Cremated remains many options are available for memorialisation whether being kept in a decorative Urn, scattered at a familiar or special place, interred in a grave, rose garden or memorial wall.

Viewing

A viewing can be a very important step in the process of working through grief.  The opportunity to spend time with your loved in a peaceful environment to acknowledge the reality of their death can be very comforting.  Viewings are very personal, people should not be excluded from viewing, but people should also not be forced to be there.  If you are unsure about whether you would benefit from this, speak to you Mason Park Funeral Director.

The care and dignity of your loved one is the most important service that we can provide.

As members of the Australian Institute of Embalming, you can rest assured our staff abide by a strict code of ethics.