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FUNERAL TRADITIONS: Walking In Front Of The Hearse

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Why Do Funeral Directors Walk In Front Of The Hearse?⁠ Many of the funeral traditions we see today actually date back to the Victorian era⁠, with Queen Victoria’s public mourning of her husband, Prince Albert, having an influence on how we mourned our loved ones.⁠ Walking in front of the hearse (Paiging Away) most likely […]

TIME TO RETHINK THE DEATH CARE SYSTEM

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You never stop learning in this business. And, it goes without saying that eziFunerals loves to learn more and more about the funeral profession. So, when we saw this article entitled “We Need to Rethink How We manage Death-Care” by Professor Tamara Kohn, Professor Michael Arnold, Dr Fraser Allison, Dr Hannah Gould, Samuel Holleran, University of […]

MY FUNERAL: Should I Prepay? – That’s the question!

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Should you prepay your funeral in advance? According to Moneysmart, a commonwealth government website that helps Australians take control of their money, funerals can cost from $4,000 for a basic cremation to around $15,000 for a more elaborate burial. A typical funeral will have these costs: funeral director fees transport coffin death certificate permits (for example, for a […]

LET EZIFUNERALS HELP!

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eziFunerals supports individuals and families cope with end of life decisions, death and funerals. We are an independent, Australian-owned and operated company. We are not part of any other funeral company. Our member Funeral Directors operate in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Australia wide. Thet are chosen for their knowledge, quality, service, personalisation and […]

FUNERAL TRADITIONS: Why Do People Wear Black?

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In much of the western world, funerals are somber events attended by traditionally dressed people in black attire. Over the years, it has become an unwritten rule that anyone who attends a funeral must be dressed in black, especially in Australia and other western countries. Why is black so heavily associated with death and mourning? […]

A FUNERAL MAY BE THE HARDEST PURCHASE YOU WILL EVER MAKE

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Coping with death and organising a funeral will be one of the most difficult things we will ever be asked to do. At the time of “at need” funeral planning, we are overwhelmed and are asked to make important financial decisions, at a time of when we are most vulnerable. It will be one of […]