Sevices

Services

Guide to our Funeral and Memorial Services Charge

When you meet with us to make funeral arrangements, we are confident you will find our
approach to providing for your needs fair and flexible. We offer you the opportunity to choose
only those services that you want or are required, and you pay only for those services you want
or are required. All of your choices for the funeral service can make it the way you want it to be.
Examples of the most common combination of services is shown below.

The Funeral Stationery, Products and Services package for Traditional and Memorial Services
may include the funeral register and guest book, memorial service records, acknowledgement
cards, Prayer cards, funeral director's proof of death certificates (for legal and financial matters),
crucifix and rosary, and temporary grave marker, as requested or required. You can choose to
personalize the memorial service records with a photograph, favourite biblical verse or special
poem. When desired, the newspaper notice (obituary) and photograph are posted to our
website (merritt-fh.com). The website offers friends and family at a distance to send on-line
condolences or send memorial contributions. This package is offered together - any and all
services and products may be included - or separately, and purchased as required.

Our facilities for Traditional and Memorial Services offer picture memory boards for photographs
to be displayed during visitation or the service, and we invite you to bring framed photographs,
albums or personal items that reflect on the person's life. Favourite music (on your CDs) can
be played during visitation or before and after the service. Coffee, tea and bottled water is
available for our families. A baby change table is located in the women's washroom, and a
lounge area available for children (with your supervision). Memorial contributions may be made
in our front office. A Clavinova (digital piano) is available for live music performance during the
service. Hymn books give an opportunity to include the singing of favourite hymns during the
service. Two of our staff are accomplished pianists and available for services held at the
funeral home. We often provide maps and directions for out of town family and friends when the
funeral procession takes us out of town. Our after service care program includes assistance
with CPP and OAS - notification to the agency, assistance with completion of the forms, and
certification of required documents; information or referral for grief counseling, and assistance
with cards of thanks if desired. All of these facilities and services are included with traditional
and memorial services.

Traditional Funeral and Memorial Services

= Traditional, full service funeral: includes: embalming, visitation, service at funeral home or
other location

= Traditional funeral: includes: no embalming, visitation, service at funeral home or other
location

= Traditional funeral: includes: embalming, no visitation, service at funeral home or other
location

= Traditional funeral: includes: embalmed deceased transferred (long distance); visitation,
service at funeral home or other location

= Traditional funeral: includes: no embalming, no visitation, service at funeral home or other
location

F-I

= Immediate cremation: includes: no embalming, no visiting, memorial service at the funeral
home, inurnment of ashes

F-R

= Immediate cremation: includes: no embalming, no visiting, memorial service at the funeral
home, return of ashes to family

I-I

= Immediate cremation: includes: no embalming, no visiting, memorial service at location
other than the funeral home, inurnment of ashes

I-R

= Immediate cremation: includes: no embalming, no visiting, memorial service at location
other than the funeral home, return of ashes to family

Graveside Services (burial or cremation), and service charge for an immediate disposition
without the inurnment of ashes

G-GS

= immediate disposition of burial: includes: no embalming or visitation; graveside burial
service

J-CI

= immediate disposition of cremation: includes: no embalming or visitation, graveside
inurnment service

Disbursements which may be necessary or requested may include

- family limousine
- grave opening and closing
- tent, grass and lowering device
- cemetery plots
- extra cemetery charges
- coroner’s certification(s)
- cremation charges
- newspaper charges
- flowers
- clergy stipend
- organist/soloist fee
- lunches/hall rentals following funerals
- lettering on grave stones
- grave stones or markers
- signature/registration fees
- etc.

All or any of the above may be chosen by the family or purchaser and the charges added to the
final account.