In addition to contacting family and friends, one of your first phone calls should be to a licensed funeral home. Funeral homes provide expertise and guidance during this very difficult time. Among other things, funeral homes can help with:
- transporting the body
- obtaining a death certificate
- selecting a casket or urn
- arranging the funeral, memorial service and burial service
- preparing the obituary
- helping to notify the deceased's employer, attorney, insurance company and banks
- offering grief support or directing you to other services
While the Rocky View County cemetery services does not arrange funerals, we do have a chapel and crematorium which is leased to a local company, Choice Memorial Cremation and Funeral Services.
Below is a small list, for reference, of companies and contact information that may be valuable to you when planning a funeral. Please contact them directly for more information on the services they provide.
Funeral Homes
- Choice Memorial Cremation and Funeral Services
403.277.7343
www.choicememorial.com - McInnis and Holloway Funeral Homes
403.243.8200
www.mhfh.com - Pierson’s Funeral Services Ltd.
403.235.3602
www.piersons.ca - Fosters Garden Chapel Funeral Home & Crematorium/
403.297.0888
www.dignitymemorial.com - Wheatland Funeral Home Ltd.
403-934-4404
www.wheatlandfuneralhome.ca
Memorial Services
Silent Hopes Memorial Service
A Silent Hopes Memorial Service is held annually, in April and October, to remember those lost in pregnancies that didn't make it to term.
For more information, contact:
- Azmina Lakhani, MSW, RSW, CCH
Phone: 403-944-8835
azmina.lakhani@albertahealthservices.ca - Or call 403-944-4460