Funeral Arrangements
We are the experts in funeral arrangements. When you contact us, our funeral arrangers are on hand to help and organise every aspect of the funeral for you.
Harrison Funeral Home specialises in creating individual and personal funerals; from the discrete to the lavish, and everything in between. Whether you know exactly what you want or need direction and advice, we are here to help get your person’s funeral exactly right on the day.
Since no two people are the same, no two funeral arrangements are the same. From the outset, we will work with you to customise a funeral that is individual to the deceased, and in line with your wishes for how the service should be.
You can trust us to provide you with high-quality services for burials and cremations, tailored around your requirements.
Our funeral arrangements service includes:
Advice and Help
- Advice on all aspects of end-of-life planning
- Helpful and informative leaflets with a step-by-step guide available on our web site
- Guidance on the legal aspects of burial and cremation
- Advising on and arranging pre-paid funeral plans
- Providing information on local bereavement support organisations.
Forms and Documentation
- Help with registering the death
- Liaising with the Coroner where necessary
- Completion of forms and the service of legal documents.
Chapel of Rest
- Arranging visits to see the person who has died in private chapels of rest
- Accompanying visitors in the chapel, if required.
Service Sheets and Announcements
- Help with wording and placing announcements in local and national press and online
- Wording, compiling, proof-checking, collecting and delivering service sheets, such as an order of service.
Funeral Ceremony Arrangements
- Help in choosing a suitable coffin and deciding on the type of ceremony
- Contacting and organising the celebrant, cemetery/crematorium, service venue, musicians/choir, etc.
- Transportation for the coffin and mourners
- Leading and coordinating the ceremony and guiding mourners
- Providing wheelchairs, flags, CDs, hymn books, song sheets etc.
Receptions
- Arranging food and drink at our premises or a local venue after the funeral, with a wide choice of catering options available.
Flowers and Donations
- Advice and the arrangement of floral tributes
- Delivering and collecting floral tributes received before and after the funeral
- Advice and help with donations.
Memorials and Masonry
- Advice on all aspects of memorials and masonry for headstones
Cremated Remains
- Sourcing a suitable urn for ashes, if required
- Advice on scattering or interment, and any ceremony that may be involved.
Contact us for a no-strings chat with a human now (24/7/365), or see our Planning a Funeral section to find out more about what is involved in the funeral arrangement process.