Cremation options
Cremation funerals
A cremation funeral brings family and friends together for a ceremony, event or service at the same time as the cremation.
An attended funeral
Our Standardised Price List calls this an attended funeral: family and friends have a ceremony, event or service for the person who has died at the same time as they attend the cremation.
Our funeral director's charges for an attended funeral cover:
- Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements
- Collecting and transporting your loved one from the place of death into our care
- Care of your loved one before the funeral in appropriate facilities
- Providing a suitable coffin
- Viewing by appointment for family and friends, if you would like it
- Taking your loved one directly to the crematorium at a date and time you agree with us, in a hearse
The service can be religious or non-religious, and shaped around your loved one's wishes. Our prices are in the attended funeral section of our Standardised Price List, and the crematorium fee is under fees you must pay.
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Read our reviews on TrustpilotThe service from all staff was excellent from the date my Aunt passed away until her cremation service and organising burial of her ashes. They made a very very difficult time less stressful, nothing was too much for them.
A first class service provided by the company from the initial interview with the funeral director all the way through to the collection of my wife’s ashes.
All aspects of the funeral were catered for by East Durham Funeral Service Ltd.
What is a cremation funeral?
A funeral where family and friends have a ceremony, event or service for the person who has died at the same time as they attend the cremation. Our Standardised Price List calls this an attended funeral. The service can be religious or non-religious.
What do your charges for an attended funeral cover?
Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements, collecting your loved one from the place of death into our care, care before the funeral in appropriate facilities, a suitable coffin, viewing by appointment if you would like it, and taking your loved one to the crematorium or cemetery at a date and time you agree with us, in a hearse.
What is a direct cremation?
A cremation that family and friends do not attend. On our Standardised Price List it appears as an unattended cremation. Family and friends may choose to have a ceremony, event or service for the person who has died, but they do not attend the cremation itself.
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