Burial: Simple Graveside

A Simple Graveside Service

When your wishes are for burial ceremony at a local cemetery.

How We Create these Ceremonies

Coordination with Local Cemetery

Our funeral directors will take of arranging and coordinating all details with the cemetery of your choice for the burial.

We will also ensure all permits and cemetery documents have been completed for burial to take place.


Celebrant Led Ceremonies

Our celebrant/funeral director, George McKenzie, can lead and act as a celebrant or master of ceremony for the graveside service.

He will prepare an order of service that is tailored to a families wishes.

"George was absolutely wonderful" - Danielle D

Equipment & Setup For Graveside

At the Graveside Ceremony will make sure the burial runs smoothly and will provide instructions and directions to all pallbearers and family members in attendance.

We will also have the following set up:
  • Seating for 10.
  • PA for any music to be played.
  • Umbrellas.
  • Tables for flowers or any memorabilia.
  • A glass framed photo of the deceased.
  • Easels for any pictures.
  • Tissues and water.
  • Stands for flowers.

Online Memorial Page

For every family we serve, we provide a free online memorial page on our website. This memorial page will show the celebration of life details and allow family and friends to write condolences or stories to the family.

Also, photos can be uploaded of the deceased to the page for people to see, as well as donations can be placed to a charity of choice. Likewise, flowers can be ordered directly on the page that can be delivered directly to us for the celebration of life.

  • A Simple Graveside Ceremony - Pricing


This package is for a simple graveside burial ceremony at a cemetery in the Sea to Sky Corridor or Metro Vancouver area.

Package Includes the following items:

  • Professional Services: $1300

    • Arrangement conference with family providing assistance with service options
    • Facilities & Equipment (building expenses, equipment used for arrangement, administrative expenses, insurance, and other overhead expenses).
    • Planning and coordinating all details of the celebration of life details with the family (location and time, speakers, caterers, music, florists, positioning of memorabilia/pictures, and other service details).
    • Ascertaining who has the legal rights to make the funeral arrangements.
    • Completion of CPP & Old Age Security Forms.
    • Contacting medical staff, coroner's office and other authorities to obtain medical certificates/clearance.

  • Transfer Fee: $520

    • Removal of the deceased from the place of death at any time of day (ie hospital, home, care facility) & transport back to our Funeral Home, 24/7.  *Additional costs would apply for transfers made outside of the Sea to Sky Corridor or Lower Mainland.
    • Includes vehicle, equipment and necessary items to conform with universal transfer precautions.

  • Documentation: $270

    • Registering the death with Vital Statistics and producing burial permits and cremation certificate
    • Preparation and filing of all neccessary authorizations and permits.
    • Gathering of Vital Statistical information in order to register the death.

  • Sheltering, Housing, & Refrigeration: $475

    • Providing sheltering, housing, handling and refrigeration of your loved one in our 24/7 supervised funeral home.

  • Hearse for Transportation to Cemetery: $475

    • Transporation of the casket to the gravesite at the cemetery for burial with the use of our Cadillac Hearse.

  • Dressing & Washing of the Deceased: $336

    • Proper dressing and washing of the deceased for viewing and burial.

  • Equipment, Staffing, & Setup Fee at Cemetery: $520

    • We will have two staff in attendance to help coordinate and setup the venue for the funeral (setup memorabilia, picture boards, donation cards, chairs, tables).
    • Cleaning and packing up all items from the service and returning it to the family or appropraite place.
    • Also includes: Portable/Bluetooth enabled PA, easels, picture boards and frames, flower stands,  baskets for cards, and more).

  • Graveside Ceremony at Cemetery: $3,896

    Does not include:

    • Taxes,
    • Casket for Burial,
    • Embalming *if desired,
    • Death Certificates ($27 each),
    • Food or Beverages,
    • Cemetery Fees,
    • Disbursements,
    • CPA Fee ($40),
    • Any additional items a family may choose (urn, obituary notice costs, service programs, video tribute, church fees, etc..)

Burial Casket Options

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Order Flowers for the Ceremony

If you would like to order flowers for the ceremony, you can do so easily by clicking the order flowers button below.


Flowers can be delivered directly to the ceremony and come from locally owned florists.

Order Flowers

Would You Like us to Take a Fingerprint of Your Loved One?

Many families wish to have a personalized momento or piece of jewelry to hold on to following a death.


Our fingerprint jewelry allows us to take a fingerprint of your loved one prior to the cremation and have their print casted on to one of our many keepsake items. Please ask one of our funeral directors to show you our many options.

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