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Our professional and caring staff takes pride in providing high quality and affordable funeral services that meet the special needs of your family. With this on-site crematorium, we offer the only full service funeral, cremation and cemetery service within the City and County of Peterborough. Families selecting cremation service, with interment at one of our cemeteries, are eligible for reduced fees. Highland Park Crematorium, located within Highland Park Cemetery, continues to provide cremation service for the families we serve, plus for many funeral homes in the Peterborough and Kawartha region. This is the fee for the services the funeral home will provide during a funeral or memorial service.
In 2010, the Highland Park Funeral Centre opened its doors to the community and is a fully licensed funeral home. We are proud of the fact that we are a locally owned, not for profit, non-commissioned funeral home, built in Peterborough for Peterborough. You are invited to visit us, and see the benefits we can offer you and your family. Both types of services can be simple or multifaceted to best serve the needs of the family. Quite often a memorial service is held after cremation has occurred and generally the family will gather at a convenient time for committal, or final placement of the cremated remains.
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This is the fee for the funeral home to come pick up your loved one and bring him/her to the funeral home for preparation. Yes, scattering can occur on most crown lands, and on private property where the owners give express permission. However, it is strongly recommended that families conduct due diligence in advance on both how best to scatter and on the legal barriers to ensure there is no regrets to this permanent method of placement. Despite the growing popularity of cremation, many questions still remain.
Highland Park Funeral Centre provides full burial services to the community of Peterborough, Ontario, and its outlying region. We are proud of the fact that we are a locally owned, not for profit, a non-commissioned funeral home. You are invited to visit us and see the benefits we can offer you and your family. Complete funeral and cemetery services, all at one location in Peterborough, Ontario.
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A burial vault is required for most cemeteries, but you may choose to purchase one online or elsewhere, if you'd wish. No matter if a death is sudden, or if it something that was a long time coming, the loss of a loved one makes us feel emotional and overwhelmed. No amount of preparation can fully prepare you for the loss of a loved one.
The Little Lake Cemetery Company offers many options for those who prefer cremation. The cremated body can be interred in the ground or entombed in specially designed niches within a columbarium. Required by the Ontario law, the human remains must be enclosed in a ridged combustible container. This container or casket must be strong enough to assure the health and safety of the funeral directors and the crematorium staff. The container must meet reasonable standards of respect and dignity.
About Highland Park Cemetery
With the help of Young Canada Works supported student interns the map has been expanded and enhanced to include the location and information on over 10,000 unmarked graves within the cemetery. It is the hope of the City of Peterborough and Little Lake Cemetery that future projects will expand the numbers of graves recorded and the narratives presented on the story map. Since 1850, the Little Lake Cemetery Company has been a not-for-profit and non-denominational cemetery. Little Lake Cemetery and Highland Park Cemetery have provided full burial services to the community of Peterborough, Ontario, and its outlying region for over one hundred and sixty years.
However, a family has many choices available to them, such as a traditional funeral service with visitation and a service prior to cremation or just a visitation or a graveside service. A final resting place for cremated remains can be provided in several ways. The urn may be placed in a columbarium, a structure comprised of several recessed compartments called niches. All outdoor niches are enclosed with solid granite shutters, the indoor niches are enclosed with a glass or bronze front.
After the cremation is completed, the cremated remains are placed in a pre-selected urn suitable for final placement in a niche or burial lot. As a not-for-profit public trust with non-commissioned staff, we can answer your questions, without sales pressure, to ensure your family needs are fully met. A grave liner that is generally used to prevent the cemetery ground from sinking over time.
It is difficult to encapsulate the life of one so vibrant in one writing. She was born in Peterborough Ontario on March 4, 1975. Her feisty character was honed by the blend of her Glaswegian mother, Helen Clancey and her Irish da, Paul Clancey. Childhood adventures, some of them legend in nature, were shared with her much loved big brother Stephen Clancey . Cost for the cemetery to open a plot for a burial and close it after the fact. This Ever Loved listing has not been claimed by an employee of the cemetery yet.
This is generally required if you would like to hold the service at the funeral home or if you will be needing any assistance from the staff for the service. This is the fee for the services the funeral home will provide during a visitation or viewing. This is generally required if you would like to hold a viewing and visitation at the funeral home or if you will be needing any assistance from the staff. The interactive map allows the viewer to explore over 5,500 marked gravesites and provides information on the oldest name and date identified on the monument, a visual location, and a photograph of the marker.
Below are a few of the common questions we have answered over the years. A collection of answers to questions that people often have when arranging for a funeral. She met the absolute love of her life while in high school, her champion, her protector and her knight in shining armour, Chris Hinze. By her own modest admission, they together produced two mini miracles, Jasmine and Blake. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice.
When you are in a heightened emotional state, even the most basic decisions can seem staggering. The Consumer Information Guide answers a broad range of questions such as “who has the legal authority to act”, “how to choose a service provider”, and “is a casket needed for cremation”. At Highland Park Funeral Centre, we understand that losing a loved one can be a difficult and stressful time.
