About Us

The McKenzie Family at Squamish Funeral Chapel

For over 70 years our family and staff have been helping families honour, remember, and celebrate the lives of their loved ones. We take great pride in being leaders and forward thinkers in our profession and encourage you to learn more about our family, our services, view our pricing, and learn how we can cater a memorable experience to remember your loved ones.

The McKenzie Difference


Available 24 / 7

We know other funeral homes and businesses say they are available 24/7 but they might use a call center or have you leave messages to a voicemail. Not us, our family personally answers every call no matter the time. It's part of our service to take care of you and your family.

Our Funeral Home is a Family Home

Your loved one will always be in our care at our funeral home after the death occurs. Other funeral homes in the area can shelter a deceased in a warehouse or other storage facility. Not us, we tell every family we serve that, there loved one will be in our care at our comfortable and peaceful funeral home.

Personalized Services

As Funeral Directors and event planners, we not only provide services for Cremation and Burial we can also provide catering services, personalized stationary items, video tributes, engraving, and much more. Every family will receive one on one attention and service from us at all times.

Online Memorials & Planning

Our world and they way we communicate is changing, so is the way we remember our loved ones. We offer, at no charge, every family a personalized Book of Memories page to share the life and memories of their loved one. You can also pre-plan and arrange your funeral online with our online planning software.

On-Site Crematory

Our crematorium is located directly at our funeral home.

Our Facility 

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Columbarium & 
Memory Book

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Meet Our Family & Staff

George McKenzie

Owner, Funeral Director
In 1982 George received his Diploma & License as a Funeral Director & Licensed Embalmer and received the "Professionalism Award" for his class year. He took up after his mother and father's profession who owned and operated Hollyburn Funeral Home in West Vancouver. In 1988 George and his wife, Mildred McKenzie, bought Squamish Funeral Chapel. In 2011 George & Mildred received many requests to come back to the North Shore, with that McKenzie Funeral Services was established in 2011. The McKenzie Family has been in the funeral profession since 1946.

Mildred McKenzie

Owner, Funeral Director
Mildred has been helping and serving families for the past 35 years, directing services and creating unique personalized ceremonies. She has served on the Funeral Service of B.C. Board of Directors for ten years working alongside other funeral directors of the province to try and improve awareness and education across the province.

Mark McKenzie

Apprentice Funeral Director & Community Relations Director
Mark started working for his parents in the summer of 2012. He recently completed his MBA with an emphasis in Management from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. Mark is responsible for arranging community events, educational seminars, and other marketing initiatives.

Mark started his apprenticeship for funeral directing with the Canadian College of Funeral Services in the fall of 2016.

Geoff Fahlman

Apprentice Funeral Director & Embalmer
Geoff started working for McKenzie Funeral Services in the summer of 2015. He is a Certified Accountant who is also the son in law to both George & Mildred McKenzie. He is a very hard worker which is noticed in all aspects of his work in the business.

Geoff started his apprenticeship for funeral directing and embalming with the Canadian College of Funeral Services in the fall of 2016.

Dave Ritchie

Funeral Care Specialist
Dave Ritchie, a retired RCMP Corporal, has been working at McKenzie Funeral Services for over two years and assists with daily arrangements and helps with all aspects of the business. His caring attitude and big smile can be seen daily at the office or making arrangements around town.

Jim Sims

Funeral Care Specialist
Jim Sims, a retired paramedic, has been working for McKenzie Funeral Services for seven years. He has an extremely positive mind set about him that can be seen on a daily basis and helps in all aspects of the business.

Our Story and History

Our family, "The McKenzie Family", have been in the Funeral Profession since 1946 with Don McKenzie working at various funeral homes in Vancouver & West Vancouver.

Don met Jessie and married in 1948. In 1968 they were given the opportunity to purchase Hollyburn Funeral Home in West Vancouver from the "Walsh" family. As in true family funeral home tradition, George McKenzie (eldest son of Don & Jessie) began working at Hollyburn at the age of fourteen answering phones and helping his dad on services. George then went to B.C.I.T where he received his Diploma & License as a Funeral Director & Licensed Embalmer. He also received the "Professionalism Award" for his class.

In 1988, George & Mildred bought Squamish Funeral Chapel & installed their own crematorium to service both Hollyburn & the Sea to Sky Corridor.

After the passing of Don & Jessie McKenzie, George & Mildred separated from Hollyburn Funeral Home in 1995. Since then they have lived in Squamish and have been active members in the Sea to Sky Corridor. They believe a funeral is similar to other ceremonies in our lives. Like a graduation ceremony, a wedding, or baptism a funeral is a rite of passage by which we recognize an important event that distinguishes our lives.

You can often hear them saying:
"No two people are alike, so no two funerals should be the same"

In recent years, George & Mildred have welcomed their son, Mark McKenzie, and son-in-law, Geoff Fahlman, in the business making Squamish Funeral Chapel a third generation family funeral home.

We are privileged and grateful to serve hundreds of area families each year.

George & Mildred have five children and are very involved in their community with George being active with the Rotary Club, The Squamish Hospital Foundation Committee, and the Masonic Lodge. George also plays the trumpet in a 10 piece horn band, that plays at various fundraisers though the Sea to Sky Corridor & Lower Mainland. Mildred served on the Board of Directors for the BC Funeral Service Association for ten years and enjoys spending time with her children. The McKenzie Family also enjoys showing, competing, and breeding quarter horse. Families come daily to their barn property to visit and see their horses.

How to Reach Us

Contact Info

604-898-5121

info@squamishfuneralchapel.com

We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone or email. Our funeral home is open Monday - Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM and Saturday by appointment. Funerals and Celebrations of Life can be booked on any day of the week as long as we have available staffing and time available. 

40440 Tantalus Road
Box 99
Garibaldi Highlands, BC
V0N 1T0
 

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